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
* q# }" f- j: ~) ^+ Y5 Q6 CExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
5 P( g/ G/ A6 h  `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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2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
% c7 a1 [* @) {; d9 v5 V  FExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
' U& l- f& |+ t) G/ sExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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" F9 H0 m, @  M- p6 g9 L0 `3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
1 j+ A! t2 U: }Example: 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
5 F# x6 [/ f: |1 n- D* pExplanation: 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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( [! a% a0 t& K; A* Z) N& |5,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.
* Z* O* X# S! z8 X5 \" i5 ]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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0 n) e( X9 N( P- U9 j5 H4 B) ^6, 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.
2 r) i- V4 u) ^; @% ?2 V+ ~1,Great minds think alike
1 [" e" z& m/ ]  `; D. D2,Good wine needs no bush
* ~! @0 {9 I9 F7 [2 H' a5 ^3,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.