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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。( i- m! Z0 [' T8 J7 i3 f8 X6 o; ~
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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2 A) `4 T0 B2 w% f6 |7 ^, h
Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
4 L* h8 C) {+ t" F! FExample: 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$ U$ }/ l/ Y% fExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.- W) Q# [2 G, ?; e. o( f5 g9 q  m
Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.' U- P% y+ j1 v( B, L8 V
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3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
6 I, w: d6 J, U: F# kExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
! x- Y( i& i, J7 h; m7 o" 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
, u* J+ Y( f/ ]& i: T1 G/ |. `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.
1 f6 M% p! T5 ?Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.& F: ~/ M5 c( P1 I* z
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5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺,到处可逢君。
0 r. v3 H! Z. c, f7 o  t  yExplanation: 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.
4 @9 D. R5 D( l8 RExample: 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.. N& I$ g, R. ?2 d

. {( N4 Y/ H5 z5 S6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗3 d$ g1 l. v1 m& u
Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
( F/ o( s( O0 hExample: 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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Now come on! Have a try.
* g/ E: b+ }: w7 x* g, x1,Great minds think alike
1 _4 r% U: h: a4 p: H2,Good wine needs no bush2 i- i% z: L; `- g
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.& F5 j, ]' g: w% Y- {
4,Evil does not always come to injure.! p' K" ?$ i: Y$ c7 d
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.
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