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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, {  I2 |$ U& a9 A; c7 P' q1 D1,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.
! m4 q2 _7 t# p  y/ N" lExample: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.

3 N8 Z+ J- P, q% L" J+ _3 p7 Y2,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.
1 p3 |' ?0 ], N* NExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

3 ]1 Q. P7 N# ?; e3 \+ A3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
Explanation: 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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3 z0 ^8 N  N/ l, ]4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
" E0 Y$ C$ d* ]$ YExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
8 M! j) l) s7 P2 @% u& \+ E$ C& AExample: 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。
: L# k  T2 f9 O+ I* T( HExplanation: 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.

6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
/ ~# S" _5 l2 j+ xExplanation: 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.

8 {2 v; G  `1 m- MNow come on! Have a try.
: |# z/ ?0 z5 ~5 P5 y0 T. Y1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.