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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1,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.
0 B1 @% M. j& X! oExample: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.
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0 a( e* B# v0 v9 a. Q; a( G& \) Z2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
. C: ^* y2 h0 u6 ^8 jExplanation: 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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! ?( u2 M8 P0 s+ t! Y( u5 i# {3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
' [- D1 |) X! x# ^  C: Q3 b) |+ VExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
' X- F" x' I! O6 eExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

; q: C3 u6 q/ y- O$ x9 i4,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.
Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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: P; w4 T9 }/ R$ y$ [5 }) b9 g5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
5 s( O8 E8 }9 bExplanation: 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.
4 ], S2 Z: Q: h: T4 W/ Y; yExample: 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.
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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2 }: ^/ \( Q- V, L( C9 {1,Great minds think alike
4 l* F  o8 V" A% Y  c3 o2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.