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。
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* v0 U2 W- k, g, @# D6 U1,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.
4 Q7 M7 ?- n7 ^) U! P5 d- 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.

* O2 U3 {! `6 R8 n2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
! r. z7 a/ [+ Y+ @/ `* YExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
1 r) q( S- q, J% N, M3 U* d( o! ^2 B% mExample: 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
. w3 l4 a& U/ f8 L" EExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.
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& M+ Z' @: _8 |% p, U1 [4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
6 o9 r* o7 Y' F# U  jExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
% H+ Y( ]# O! ~; s" \Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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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.
) l6 e: s2 r; o# GExample: 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.
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1 z) \3 R0 D; l7 k9 e9 n$ x6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
0 i. e" ?+ q( n: MExample: 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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0 g8 g6 d7 K7 h" H/ `+ o  NNow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
: |5 A# i5 S$ b/ O3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
( R, g" Q: {7 b5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.