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。

. Q% W: |' L3 |7 _& k8 Q4 F9 D' ~1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
/ k; U& Y5 U  r) }3 T: sExplanation: 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.

3 H4 d1 [( w* ^$ }4 i& a. A7 ~" q# ^2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
' C% W1 Z! ~7 b9 |0 r# i4 T; W6 EExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
) D& U, z5 O3 u: jExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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$ X. p- N, m% i) V6 z3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
* f2 W) G& s! E: t: g: y! AExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
6 N; P' _1 \. j( h$ XExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

$ l: A0 g7 C/ v( c; k4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
- E' P% p, W3 i4 u- n* ~- gExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
7 E% q. Z2 D" mExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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  I. S! `% k+ ?8 o1 n5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
5 f) }" R% j* d( k7 CExplanation: 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.
. I9 ~, e4 ^# @8 f" K4 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.

% R. s: c4 `- n* n7 B/ |* I( q$ r5 z  J7 N6, 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.
2 N) q) x6 \. 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.

2 i/ I& s+ V: H  J2 X8 z9 w( ^Now come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
7 a, H$ d" B/ C5 k. _& V0 `7 W2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
! N  }( L' b. G5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.