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
, {7 b* H+ k, V. R  k+ v2 {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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; X. G$ A+ I- _' w) z; b2 D2,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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. G4 D6 {7 B  n: L; V/ Q" |3,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.
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2 L* x! I# H* k' Z# W( q3 @4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
  P. Q4 \+ p3 Y5 l. T1 {$ TExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
5 M/ M7 }' S' j( A# ?: b  CExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

+ B1 V' F7 O4 a% r: Y5,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.

6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
: }* X3 g' o$ f5 U1 ]Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
& R. C5 [  a0 \, j$ P5 ^, ^" ZExample: 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.
4 }, f5 |; j. }* X# K: A1,Great minds think alike
) }5 V+ ]) l( d; F5 F# n2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
# v7 F7 C" C9 _+ U. g4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.