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 q3 w8 Z) z1 Q( H) {) s1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
. X8 |. F0 ^, D4 \5 \3 I$ |6 \Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
, ?5 @- [$ p5 M9 G& A8 ^4 o( lExample: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.

9 l+ o' @9 o& b8 E2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
. e' g" f! _! U2 _0 c- a* YExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
0 R% z; v+ s& VExample: 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
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
/ V" V/ J7 b6 O# pExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

4,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.
, P5 x; d8 F% J5 nExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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/ l! ^3 G4 J9 _! I9 w5 ~$ G0 A& b5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
3 c$ a0 U* T% W' I" Y8 GExplanation: 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 n& h% H; E: 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.
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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.
. Q) ^! m$ u% o" r& Y" o; CExample: 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.
1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
% h: P" L" h6 f: C, v( G: y) j3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
0 q; @  _  h) x  \5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.