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。

' R& m3 E' m& P6 E1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
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.

2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
Explanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
/ R" u0 ^6 B( M3 p8 @) `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
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
. o) k5 m7 F" i$ D& V  \" t/ WExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

7 X. ], s2 p# p9 f9 y1 u4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
- ^) a" L! O& n$ x3 O1 bExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
7 g9 T1 n: [8 k9 p+ F% a0 b, JExplanation: 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.

4 M0 q/ A2 y; i+ J8 B6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
7 s* n! k4 Z" X' qExplanation: 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.

! i# ^7 _. I) A% s! P8 P, c- c2 nNow come on! Have a try.
/ @5 [/ @$ Q2 Y# D. k# w$ X1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
& {! S0 H& I& Y' X0 a  {' Y3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.