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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1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
1 {8 M4 [9 n& X+ k3 a4 p  {& dExample: 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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2 i; |# l! ?- v2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
8 G* A, K/ W) ~7 X9 LExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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9 P) R! m! K1 _: P9 C3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
( F" J3 L) Z! U5 fExplanation: 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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6 v, v8 x* ]5 y" C) S4,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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3 r3 g& K- T# \6 a: y* v5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
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.
- \" c; A/ e6 H% X. {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.
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Now come on! Have a try.
1 ~- W) e: I- ]. Z7 Z: b1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
( H" I  C* ]! _) g. r5 g4 U) K" J3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
3 n( n7 L4 H  J) u2 t2 o$ x4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.