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。

$ o& D) A  q# ]# |( U( _! N1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
+ p+ w: ?. m+ p4 L4 ~) \. cExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
) ?$ a+ }9 q( Q8 g7 H6 r* gExample: 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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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.
Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

% {: D9 x( u9 s3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
* H# m: J, Z, P6 a0 nExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
5 q. B  Y4 h2 [' XExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

2 f* w/ W3 z" m2 L* g4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
* |: P0 ]( q! M2 v, J7 }, Y" }! GExplanation: 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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8 R" r( J7 v7 Y* n. G6 h! X; a5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
, @) v) D( X, mExplanation: 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.
' p) E/ e7 D/ W: U) J" g0 WExample: 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.

/ x% D) i9 U: @/ H+ g* b6, 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.
( d8 R' Z) z* q7 C3 m) ?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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( F& x6 h* H6 t1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
: b: W) [7 p) Q3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
, _. R" D/ A9 @! x4,Evil does not always come to injure.
0 d- M) @, [6 ]6 u- v  M: g2 A5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.