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。

* V6 P& ~3 b, s3 n9 x& S1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
" W) ^6 i" ]+ E5 J, k4 o4 N2 |Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
$ n9 k* X: c) H# {* bExample: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.
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  l/ d5 q" Z8 [& z1 Z( M2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
7 t" I: l& ~. Z8 OExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
- G3 J2 m2 Y$ C% jExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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! p- T4 J% S" r$ s  Z# L! ?/ }9 T7 v3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
- K0 c) |- e% h! L  D+ c$ ZExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
Example: 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.
Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
. a& h7 [# |: E$ \7 s, m  b: ZExplanation: 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.
: m- R- p- @" HExample: 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.

6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
9 t/ s- N& i5 j: q  BExplanation: 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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Now come on! Have a try.
. y6 }2 F  O+ ~- w1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
, q/ w5 ]9 T/ s4 C3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
' r. }, s7 d0 v  \! L" p5 q4,Evil does not always come to injure.
3 Y) J& `: Q/ o2 Z* Q* ^5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.