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。

6 {7 B2 z$ z4 n, s  Z' [0 j2 d3 g4 V1,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.
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7 ~9 s2 r0 T& j! _- Z. c2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
) w% u- E, r' u/ L# wExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
% [& b& ]* s9 P9 bExample: 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
% R8 I5 j9 O5 W, V' D! O. a8 y; WExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
& O( m7 h8 V8 y! jExplanation: 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.

( L# m% @( b+ k1 M3 `, u5,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.
0 O+ |2 v. \" JExample: 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.

6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
: ~8 v9 `" x1 ?+ w! x. F% e8 h% xExplanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
  c: V4 y! m3 w, \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.

: P  m% K+ D! E( Z- k; }* uNow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
1 F" i. U! b  g1 u% Z' F2 c3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
, `9 B  j6 X0 [+ C7 v5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.