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。

% W: B: H9 Y7 S$ ]! G: G! J1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
4 _7 N! o/ V/ E4 T, l4 _5 bExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
/ V9 X6 a$ P8 H; z+ ?3 vExample: 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
Explanation: 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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4 D" q% p* i" q3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
0 @) W; B% n& ~# y3 w1 Y3 e- B5 a+ y: WExplanation: 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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- J* F& _6 m" ], g, z/ h4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
3 F, {6 W% z( r& x, e3 qExplanation: 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.

: k* o* M; }( t5 [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.
+ U7 a- P  k! y' M* n7 zExample: 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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+ R, Z1 j$ L( i1 q' S/ m6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
2 H9 w7 i" s9 |( Q4 s/ e. O6 T$ VExplanation: 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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Now come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
+ f& F$ r% U' f9 @* _3 o4,Evil does not always come to injure.
9 C, j/ G2 L- P. U; a; p) E5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.