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。

+ j  I' G& ~8 I% m* F5 _! p1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
" ~1 R. e# U) l9 K" W+ e, {7 BExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
3 t! e# W/ c; XExample: 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.
Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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3 V' r% v/ r) }2 ]4 w  w3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

; {1 ?5 A0 t& C) Q: P4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
* U$ X0 P9 t3 N- i9 |: zExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
* |- D4 K# w$ P6 U2 PExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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! f& _& n# x) h9 O8 f* D5,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 p( D7 t$ ~# lExample: 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
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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. ~; I/ U7 d4 Y6 c( u/ E$ pNow come on! Have a try.
, h% i3 B$ q7 P* Q1,Great minds think alike
8 S& E* b2 P" w6 ^! V# J1 `- j0 T  i2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
7 S( i) L: z" O( {6 Z# D! j" Q4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.