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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 B" I" A" _: Y5 ]4 g, M. N( T
Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
9 b+ S9 ]7 X2 S& ^' O8 [( WExample: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.) u' Z6 r A$ H; I' V) [
/ |1 ~7 i+ l7 s4 V; }2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
8 Y! q" R k- v+ ?8 N" @Explanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
1 z% l3 ^* O; [% T1 x7 _Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日% {$ v# P2 P+ N) _+ g3 q
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn" Q* Y: @4 |4 V% `, d" C, ?/ ^
Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.5 s" \5 [% t- X3 ~9 \. a: B
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4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施 ; m3 D& g% ~& ?& \
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.
4 w: J! i0 ?( @8 H8 Z7 k! o9 I# uExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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, b$ J* \) @5 T& X% W5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。. W; t1 Z! F3 ?; [* k8 o
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.
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: ^/ W+ a4 w' i: E6 Z6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
7 s, {2 K& P3 TExplanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live. , ?6 M+ C" N J: ^7 k* [
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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* w! |0 ?; m+ O! ?9 A3 l) _3 _Now come on! Have a try. ! C" y m8 L d* j! |
1,Great minds think alike) P+ |% \1 h( H' N4 B s! ^: i L h5 \
2,Good wine needs no bush
- Q+ ?7 y E, j+ p1 s, F" T3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.' i i! t+ u% E+ D! i& l! n
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
7 {6 J% m3 d# ]5 Q' o1 a y5,A fool may give a wise man counsel. |
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