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。
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1,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
2 d& G4 Q8 H/ h% w  L/ kExplanation: 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
2 C' r6 h- ~9 mExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

% J0 l6 J5 \$ O. E( G8 P4 w4,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.

: x1 b' g6 S7 U2 C: x$ c) {: Z5,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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+ l# ?: C$ e( y! @% m6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
6 m; `6 s/ x! |  }9 n' bExplanation: 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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5 G, I0 ~' Q" h+ g5 X+ I/ M, DNow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
/ a# e; ?* H: c$ K2,Good wine needs no bush
+ Q3 Q+ V. n3 Q) ^9 s) Z3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
& t6 H4 `# T1 L4 l& x  F4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.