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,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
, D$ Y. W: C: A- _: }. XExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
/ z5 B/ |, j# F2 ]4 P1 g/ e* UExample: 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
& p9 P. z, r5 y; _2 T0 V' lExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
# A8 B7 `, ]) UExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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! j; \- ~# v  |. v% O3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
/ `. l# n. @  a( W0 Z, [. H' HExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
4 h+ t- h# @9 A7 X7 l$ n$ `, p0 B) ZExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.
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# F5 {% Q& P% x$ ~  ]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.
& e  r& G( f1 H' [6 P7 zExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

" {  X6 w; _5 D' S5,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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+ {! ?4 k4 b2 a: w6, 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.
5 R  Z) L  X2 \1 {& p  }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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Now come on! Have a try.
1 |4 H" T+ F. R& v) }! _1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
2 |; T7 k( h* _5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.