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。

( h. H3 b* w, m7 e5 G1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
( y! H+ ?! A4 w. ^# _$ AExplanation: 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
Explanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
$ o: Y4 v6 B! g9 fExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

0 v7 f! L$ L& Y6 j" h0 D+ W: L3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
5 z0 H* |$ k" t  P  i/ P2 z# A3 ~6 TExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.
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* k$ d( T' o2 C* e# v4,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.

+ t4 B5 @. E& p* a7 w: \+ `6 S5,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.

" N; K2 q( |, |0 R9 p, b) u2 o, S7 V6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
9 M$ Q! N4 \7 A5 lExplanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
" c& [/ [! c/ d; cExample: 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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+ Z. _5 M& Q( g1 a  eNow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
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.