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。

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.
8 V6 \! B  v! zExample: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.

# F1 T* B& n: N/ b% c6 n- k2,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.
Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
9 G% c* k# L2 X5 cExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

  {4 z) V/ m* d4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
1 W1 f/ K0 v3 `3 [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.
7 ?* w( K9 A* [9 i9 ~Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

: P2 C4 U2 @- k8 O2 L+ X: h# b* 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.
3 u/ F; ~: h6 t! W  o3 j. LExample: 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
4 H0 ]0 z! g5 l9 x9 i/ \2 P/ A8 ZExplanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
' k% [* r( a6 `2 u% h) O! P/ sExample: 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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. T. ^5 q' L! _% T# B" K! B1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
9 c2 O: u+ r: N* L4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.