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。

' t( |$ z9 o5 `! [4 U5 k: e. ^& P  a1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
  y5 n: v, R% G2 B: jExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
+ j! W/ t: o, Q) b: OExample: 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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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.
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
( G( ^" `& |- d4 |. a+ t4 JExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

2 n. F+ o( h/ u7 R# Q$ F4,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.
Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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$ g: \2 G5 Y$ H& i5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
+ w/ O. V) e6 fExplanation: 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.
- N  O4 y* U' Z: x/ h7 S' VExample: 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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3 I0 N6 C0 t( U  g6 F* g- Q! r. t6, 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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/ a1 i4 D! W1 b1 ^' @Now come on! Have a try.
! }; ~7 M8 F3 ]1,Great minds think alike
8 [, n2 T; s, F3 D- y2,Good wine needs no bush
" t- D/ O! U7 W, a  ^# \; G3,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.