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。

+ b$ S2 l$ f+ J8 N. K* V1,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.
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4 Z( Z# ]# E9 R2,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.
7 c" v4 @- M  c0 p5 fExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

& u; g8 n+ ^7 {8 K6 ^% j$ `: Y3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
. K1 u% w. [1 C- M% m- d) lExplanation: 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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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.
/ _2 j, n7 Q/ lExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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3 b& G+ ]2 A# Y  y: x6 a' J5,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.
# \. V; W0 j7 S) L7 i  ]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.

, w5 ~/ ?4 L. J% H6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
$ w$ ]- R9 v" J- p( Y- ZExplanation: 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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5 x4 I7 k0 [8 ?2 \9 BNow come on! Have a try.
+ W  X) l# W: Z4 ]1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
# O0 ?: O! N: P; W  \* ?' J3,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.