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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/ }  L& F! ~  U2 q4 U: A1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
* I; y" S6 h' P' IExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
+ l' p- I1 a" N1 h5 I) \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.

8 d# u) u% M3 k2,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.
; Y2 ]6 c7 O9 U& x& G4 FExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

6 H0 w6 ~: \2 U% [3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
* P# U( G+ L9 h5 l! L  NExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
8 c& |+ p6 d! Q; fExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.
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* T; p# d' L0 \  Z4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
2 h0 w+ _" U$ O& g3 kExplanation: 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.

5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
: g/ N9 Z( E- C0 _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.
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, 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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) D% K, t( p* A( d' E/ v2 g# mNow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
. B+ q& p3 d2 D) A5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.