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
0 Q! w! \, V5 T6 v0 gExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
' m; e4 }0 e. V8 o/ L3 Y# {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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5 u) m- c8 u! N7 m" O3 x+ ~2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
5 E$ j. J* K1 TExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
& e# A  ~1 C, m, |  cExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
9 ~4 I  ^8 j& T! k6 mExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

+ z  w4 f0 o+ a: @# }4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
2 P6 K1 C) e' z! S; m8 zExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
4 g/ v7 ]( ?/ J5 C& M  YExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
3 R4 {" w. B9 d$ g; U: rExplanation: 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.
! ~( t' W# ~# e( D9 @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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5 p, b: L* x" a6, 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.
  ^0 C+ y# t5 g. W; d: ?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.
: S8 K9 \9 S0 n7 r0 ~1,Great minds think alike
/ K! S$ K' A; u# N' x$ h- m2,Good wine needs no bush
8 h7 t' Q8 b" e$ ]. R! a7 D& ~3,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.