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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1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
: L$ X& b4 }1 t* _) VExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
+ A. B3 {; m9 W% q2 y* R5 vExample: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.

$ B- f  d+ l1 ]4 v% `9 _# z2,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
4 _$ K# @6 x# s3 u/ }/ cExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.
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) ^" e$ D4 B: m9 K) E5 T+ i4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
" R8 C" N- K# w2 mExplanation: 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.

1 G, z2 n: d0 h0 O" S5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
& S% E' n3 N# WExplanation: 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.
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.
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) v9 a* I; _3 A$ C6, 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.
! {8 s4 ~. q: ~3 A/ F2 n/ XExample: 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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4 r2 Y3 ]5 u. ^. m9 @* v' PNow come on! Have a try.
7 a  y  M2 u$ X- ^- y, h1,Great minds think alike
1 h- H/ q- j" S  @2,Good wine needs no bush
) R' ]% y. V+ o8 m( m! `$ q: |& t3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
* N2 A' M' w" W6 h/ r4,Evil does not always come to injure.
% ~! r- Z5 U; }  @5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.