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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7 F# M1 g  K1 P& F/ X+ B* x; U1,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.
# v: i- P  P& `5 cExample: 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.
) I9 g& ^7 L% h* J+ t7 hExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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; h5 y. _* }- R  |% B/ C3 Q3,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.

' w. M% o( d$ Y' Z% y! D4,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.

* E' S' }, |! p) o$ h9 ]& x* d: D+ f5,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.
8 e& o1 H' z8 gExample: 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
Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
4 G" m! s) C1 G$ N$ SExample: 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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6 c. b8 k( K- ENow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
! U9 T1 h9 o4 O) s4 @3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
1 i- B3 i( t- [3 l7 {1 \' F3 y" I5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.