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。
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3 l- F- d0 i8 `) R+ E1,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.
: F- q+ l3 E( \, e6 V5 R+ i8 rExample: 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.
- W4 z7 I! c+ c, _! o- jExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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; A; a: L9 a5 w$ w, `; G5 U. h3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
% k) V8 G5 n5 {1 ^1 i1 G% uExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
0 }2 K6 n& |7 j; ?. fExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.
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  k" C/ B7 E- j, |- F& ?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.
Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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) i! l' K6 h0 w5 g- l7 h5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
, F' w6 J/ k% K8 i, A# J$ zExplanation: 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.
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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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Now come on! Have a try.
) w. B7 B; ^: Q$ y% z; m1,Great minds think alike
/ q' w5 y6 K% w' J: F8 ~2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
2 }& s; W; K: m& s- N3 p4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.