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
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
( k) i1 F8 Y; y' F  \Explanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
: o$ T4 ?& U% i; B# `4 \Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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- p1 ?. A+ ]" c6 {: r$ p3,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.

4,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.
% }* V3 ^! d9 Z4 xExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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; F. [8 Y7 z& Q5 c! ^; k9 w5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
1 X; J5 c) k) a# a' M8 pExplanation: 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
+ {, F( C: X3 c  ]Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
+ x+ h7 o' Z$ eExample: 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.
& c" J: @9 ?  Y) e- k1,Great minds think alike
4 D' E5 y. |1 T5 ~: ]4 n2,Good wine needs no bush
. W& e4 ?2 r3 E1 l5 Y0 u) t8 H3,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.