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。

  R; b$ M4 @; W: m0 X9 G- J- H1,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.
; t! \3 C; _" f* n) W) p# kExample: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.

' g: a5 `5 f/ Y, M. z2 F2,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.
9 k: X0 C# V# vExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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3,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.
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8 H/ U* `; M( W1 k+ a# U, a4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
+ g' r& [; [- J0 Y/ p* 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.
$ ~! n5 n& p3 B8 c. N" S! ~Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

! d8 e3 F, O( p& l* Q/ l" ?7 i5,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.
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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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.
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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/ K4 E" C2 l& CNow come on! Have a try.
* R) x8 H7 l" n7 h1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
! h5 p2 i6 G( G( i/ D5 p3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5 d6 ~5 t9 d2 L. t0 k2 Y5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.