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 b8 a9 w+ b* \& u0 w( l2 k2 H1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
! l' y! C  j0 f# HExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
3 q* }, n) @( ]- f  _% rExample: 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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' u6 W" p4 i- P5 a2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
/ ]% x7 \; K3 H( |Explanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
' {2 Z- r2 Y* r5 K# hExample: 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
; X$ v5 x3 |; a2 J7 d) _Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
# @+ x1 A# l0 O+ t! GExample: 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
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.

/ l- |# P0 @- v! @' B$ v) @. }5,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.
" M0 r3 N/ F% K/ ]6 KExample: 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.

- [0 }0 C, I$ e- K) L0 C6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
# _+ y. b3 o& t, Q2 P& O! F8 UExplanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
Example: 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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1 j1 L& L( s$ G, z) F$ U8 nNow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
: H* S5 e' U5 N6 P; X" c2,Good wine needs no bush
8 O- E& D% Y; `+ j- |/ o3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
2 L# A7 O. s+ F2 h5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.