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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* A3 l) R4 d5 z$ N" |4 u1,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.

2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
, O! r) t' X) n4 ~, cExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
2 `2 b- p% }  [2 sExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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7 |( e: D  u8 z% U' P3,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.

4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
. b1 G: \: B: e; hExplanation: 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 k  C. I2 R0 {7 _/ DExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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$ u+ L5 c! n. S' M8 @% m' N0 ]5,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.

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.
( n+ o6 B& M) X; e6 d, J- C# 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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: x; R6 U- R. e# x) [5 y5 c$ YNow come on! Have a try.
. R3 l6 i2 n, I8 O0 |! h2 X1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
3 e7 u# C' n1 ]" Q! O! P+ s4,Evil does not always come to injure.
0 ^# B0 @, _% S2 b2 g% u5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.