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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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. \4 Q$ [* \6 O" p+ z# H7 P1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
9 z% v. L+ e2 w: PExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.5 z- F! P# F. Q* g1 |5 u! {
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
' d/ l8 l+ u. y2 ]Explanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.0 ?8 Z. f, d0 @
Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.* _5 m- a& k5 c+ N( [
* x6 K& f9 z0 O3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
1 J" B7 \( O! F" b: k% dExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn3 X2 k& U% K8 B
Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.
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4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施 . ?1 C/ r9 g7 Z. I! I
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.
4 \- e) k% I4 u1 ~9 w4 UExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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' _- B( \9 P# l( Q/ T; C/ t5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺,到处可逢君。* @1 z4 Y4 m; V7 ~* d. C
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.
& R- r+ O( _& {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.# c* g. o5 G+ a, c0 y; k5 i
( ]0 f4 a% E* E) Z6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗, Q4 V# \; p5 c3 f7 l; G, L0 [
Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
/ l+ V& W) m4 l+ ?5 ~, PExample: 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.# k& W- V) X& D1 [0 ]
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Now come on! Have a try. * {9 y1 R/ R. g' Z6 F: K2 z
1,Great minds think alike) m) [. u1 M, s# X/ i
2,Good wine needs no bush g5 r. M6 q) ?8 B0 _0 Z- D# h
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.* Z+ n2 v7 A! G! i' m6 i) h
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
- M4 D% p9 E) m6 q5,A fool may give a wise man counsel. |
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