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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2 @( I' U9 f" {4 t. Q1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
/ `8 l' Y% F, U9 a; j. tExplanation: 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.
/ u! G% J2 V8 j. g) XExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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! t, d5 C! Z! T' f3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.
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* Y* H- E% K7 W% K! V+ R4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
4 r2 E, o8 X6 M, ^, d) j1 YExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
1 M6 E. E- o8 L7 A: S" T' [Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

, c: k( g& Q: e, m5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
5 g1 V  |8 P8 NExplanation: 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.
( i2 K7 ^) S$ y' U2 ]% \( R2 gExample: 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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: i# A3 F5 f7 R% w8 P6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
$ ]: @) U1 d- @Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
% j& |$ p6 D5 |& |. iExample: 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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4 R* b2 @" I, {' {Now come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
1 I2 |' K/ n% c8 L3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
% q6 o# ]; P" \% d" f% p& e: C4 F4,Evil does not always come to injure.
- g( i/ |- A9 E) l# i, j8 v5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.