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.
: _; X  _' k& _. m- f9 BExample: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.

' T" J7 @4 U' E& t% K. }2,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.
! t3 T6 y; m$ H4 D; `: \Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

1 F9 e, |& E8 ?& \3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
3 i0 [! x9 w" `( R; k: uExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
6 S/ N1 T- w* t( h" R1 @Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.
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) u0 o+ Y" A" [! t4,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.
! B! ^9 y1 I9 W7 ?1 E* ?1 W; IExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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" J# L  z, t! x) P5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
1 W* _" I7 b  b+ X# }2 G+ a, B1 ?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.
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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6 O5 V2 c4 k) l; L, F6, 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.
( c* I3 ^8 s7 E) |. K, bExample: 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 {' X5 e: @9 q1 p; ^Now come on! Have a try.
9 X! d* n! Y4 ]; }- v9 m1,Great minds think alike
2 H" s3 f$ D  b: u2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
5 B; ~$ K# a2 K  _) H, t4,Evil does not always come to injure.
  _# A' Z2 e4 p7 H$ \5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.