英汉俚语，谚语对照欣赏

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要想学习地道的英语，就涉及到英语中俚语，谚语的理解。其实，语言都是相通的，如果从汉语中能找到英语俚语，谚语的对应说法，那么，你就觉得英语也没什么了不起的；如果能举一反三，那么你的英语就更上一层楼了。

1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
5 y) ?# B& c( h# k/ T% {2 `Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
Example: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.
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' S# E% \& F' I2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
' y$ L/ X+ U1 @- V& RExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
& e, M& C: h/ T) z( G8 |$ ^Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
3 W! W0 v% N' V, P: G  pExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.
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0 n+ Y- L" e2 N; n7 r4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
Explanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
  z( _- Z; I+ e& e6 RExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

- f, L% p( `% v. A0 ~* G; ?+ n( b5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
Explanation: it is used when a person meets someone he knows or is in someway connected with him in a place where he would never have expected to do so.
Example: Who would have thought I would bump into an old schoolmate on a trek up Mount Tai. The world is but a little place after all.
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7 s7 K( R) }( E6 y- z4 `9 e" B6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
Example: I know you have egg and bacon for breakfast at home, but now you are on the Continent you will do as the Romans do and take coffee and rolls.
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Now come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
0 e) O  x8 E( C5 g" i: i! X2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
/ F# m$ ]1 i' @5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.