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。

% {+ g0 E- E* G" V$ I5 S1,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.
; e# F9 `9 [) j/ {1 jExample: 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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3 _+ N3 v  I8 S+ ]4 E. X2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
0 O. v9 n9 X8 wExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
: Z1 f& }# M, gExample: 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
) Z9 R2 B2 T2 t+ _2 @0 ]Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

4,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.
* G* U# L6 O% V* p7 `6 }& tExample: 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.
, y) F6 x4 F! D# 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.

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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8 F* D  |: |5 C' b+ q  X  ANow come on! Have a try.
: u2 d: ^3 L4 _( s0 O$ P& o' b' X; d1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
2 s5 \$ B! y; c0 T# N- ~, ]" P4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.