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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。' E% W( q8 n. q0 k/ T) d# v
$ I. y( k8 y, A1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐. E' P( f% r6 ?$ H0 Q
Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.3 J3 C' H6 w6 t" \0 o
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.( \$ l* ?) D! G1 o6 I/ k5 G
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2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋" z" ]% K# q: S$ R4 K, {' ?6 j% U' q
Explanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.& J* Z2 T+ Q6 u5 s) g8 J8 e
Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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" S% \& I4 r4 ]3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
* z! r6 T3 {( C: m4 o3 j: qExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
& y- [! P" b& R0 T, TExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.' @( b5 A3 g# I
' k8 `* u( M4 c. w0 `9 X- P. q" p4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施 / d7 @# ] L1 h4 L
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.
. p: V' N/ O6 l& pExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean." W8 r" j# A/ K- a1 v
6 O/ t' }# o* @9 J5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺,到处可逢君。! s! n4 O9 [# n4 B! a
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.
# F1 }$ T! }6 u1 FExample: 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.- t, b o$ f; L4 m9 t3 `" {' e
8 K6 E! a, v, V6 @: h' P6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
) B: |1 r( Q$ C4 q3 uExplanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
" a( m2 n' p( W3 a5 W6 pExample: 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.5 S# r. V7 b" M0 p/ Z
I$ `) ]- h& f3 DNow come on! Have a try. & j: ^1 [: l9 ~6 U5 w* e6 m
1,Great minds think alike; `5 t) @! T' r0 ]1 `9 b
2,Good wine needs no bush- B- }% Y8 ^ ^/ p$ \
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
" D3 \% s2 P k" h+ n, A! A2 t4,Evil does not always come to injure.
/ s% Q- ~$ C/ I m6 H4 j5,A fool may give a wise man counsel. |
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