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。

" m/ }* n  o( Y5 K1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
8 Y3 V2 p: Z6 [' s3 \; @Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
7 t* r3 l6 Z" TExample: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.

8 ]( d+ y. C, Y( R4 d5 F2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
& x& ]$ b& M0 Q% j; c% n" OExplanation: 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.
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" n, f" i* }& W+ I$ _# w$ h& V3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
) x7 [. f: Q; d- Q1 ZExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.
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9 ^. ]# ?: G1 I/ P4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
% C  e" D2 Q, m: n, TExplanation: 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.

, M2 F% z. D1 w5,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.
! L  G$ f' d7 p+ LExample: 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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; f6 P- D: N; k, d* Y: I  c" r+ R! z6, 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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; G# u! [6 s  a9 g! I) h7 VNow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
% R/ m/ ]$ @  D& q2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
) N8 N' a6 G- o3 ~/ Q! y4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.