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。

4 B" L/ A- f7 m, a6 K/ y& p% e1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
3 S- F0 g5 h/ S5 S, o1 bExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
  Q3 a, ~5 f" I* j: K6 D  a: a8 g1 j2 q' _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
+ I  o1 h, W6 A) W3 r+ DExplanation: 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
) T( \* u3 ~/ E4 O# HExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.
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4 i6 [& F+ g: ~4 D1 o; s) J4,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.

; J% s, K2 ]  U; \- Q# y( v5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
7 r& G, x  T2 J; M9 I5 Q* M( bExplanation: 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.
% W& L) z1 H, r1 l$ UExample: 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
& A$ c$ T: C5 [" w, oExplanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
0 s, e) o3 g' m0 o) _! ]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.

6 D3 K8 [  T2 _5 fNow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
0 P3 X( Y& N8 \0 u5 X. e2,Good wine needs no bush
3 g, [7 |+ h' ]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.