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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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: ~& N( g2 r. j2 {" Z1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
, [, \: B$ Z( k' {Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.) A4 K5 X) e* z$ Q' A* n) m
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.
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2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋# n* s& G, Q, u$ l, C0 Y4 u
Explanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
# Z( `4 z* u& p& p- zExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.& z/ u4 J5 E' ~8 ]! ?5 v1 W
* B; u+ L- v0 U8 c D3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
1 `2 S4 q5 R# C V4 S! f' v0 q! YExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
0 e% O. R1 d- A, g5 c# i+ FExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.4 @9 p+ a$ \' W8 Y4 K6 t, ~7 W3 A( Z
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4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施 - T0 v6 }" Q |2 e
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.
2 f- q$ B* E; m! w3 y+ ^; ^5 d9 g8 ]( qExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.7 d( C3 K" C- X3 Y/ V
3 S3 ]7 r2 u! `! s' H$ t+ D5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺,到处可逢君。- M! ~3 \; Z, s7 u
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.
6 m" z, V# f8 c5 mExample: 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.( t) w' Y! R0 S( a6 W5 U: [) [
8 B+ F6 V$ ?, }6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗$ Q1 p0 } u# I8 N0 R6 c
Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
1 o- [8 W* o- w+ q1 c" B% kExample: 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.( Q K, s) m3 U2 C1 }
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Now come on! Have a try. % \7 j0 t5 l+ D) A9 t" Y
1,Great minds think alike
. D/ E2 _0 M, B& [7 s6 |2,Good wine needs no bush6 Y3 f5 q. J6 s: S* s/ R& c) v
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
, o) c) x) \& K/ h3 r# A, {4,Evil does not always come to injure.% O# w+ q; K! w |
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel. |
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