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。

* [( h* I, `0 K: J8 @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.
2 ~+ O. }- s# }9 D4 sExample: 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. K8 a! l  Y% H0 K% m! q2,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.
. n% |! c, t0 \# v4 IExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

/ q) x# ]" \8 g5 s. ?" T3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
* M; c7 n% \; N$ R& t% BExplanation: 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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4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
3 n% z! ^. O' R; v( @! TExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
# S, w7 o4 h) q6 }0 qExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

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.
. {, j( P9 b+ C2 B* b' ]7 wExample: 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.

6, 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.
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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Now come on! Have a try.
) s0 x# e9 T* \1,Great minds think alike
  f, }$ z4 y4 w6 `) {. u7 v2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
8 h( R; f7 P% F; Z9 j, ?4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.