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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1,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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2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
( M. u1 b& [& L% ]" bExplanation: 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.

' F9 s3 _+ E) P# P3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
: E& w: ?- \) T, f, [( xExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

5 x8 Q4 u* e% o. A9 J7 F% ~$ R4,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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+ ?( {3 R$ m0 d5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
5 l$ K1 V; V+ a* G# s" U1 `5 BExplanation: 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.
1 `2 _1 F% M: F* Z  q; ~& 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.
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9 \0 H3 y  Q. c4 a7 E5 }6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
) N8 ?# A7 C3 L; _2 c' BExplanation: 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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* Y7 Z/ S& b* {) uNow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
; U/ `( N3 e! W3,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.