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。

. M+ d7 c/ y) u- |% A6 m1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
! F! P4 m9 x6 M" A7 R  fExplanation: 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
Explanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
0 S, Z: z) s4 j6 t- T- qExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
/ S' e7 j1 p& ]2 A. S: j8 [Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
" ]7 W& e$ E1 \5 wExample: 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
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.
- R. O2 q* m0 J4 h/ o) g/ HExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

( j/ o! a) o6 t/ v% D5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
' I; F- g# i8 i; {% fExplanation: 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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6 E; ~2 w# k7 a6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
, Y3 K4 b& w- a7 Z6 GExplanation: 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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' d' o$ _0 J  }# j) ~Now come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
4 R+ Q1 B, n4 V8 ~: J2,Good wine needs no bush
. Z8 o' m, D, y9 j3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
! T  @+ \& V. f1 |& R# |4,Evil does not always come to injure.
& C! z! I: v4 b' Z5 w/ e5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.