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。

+ }8 A  j/ Y# U$ u1,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.
Example: 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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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.
: F  y$ {% O: e. oExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

" I4 G6 X) G2 C- B! A1 l3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
4 ?/ Z' F. {1 KExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

9 b5 Y7 A0 s0 s, x" u( E/ `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.
. m# I3 ?  J7 jExample: 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.
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, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
! h# k+ J, Z: L  GExplanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
( z  \& `, D; Q" [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.
' D" y4 a: m1 g5 |# k2 {1,Great minds think alike
% p# g  t7 H7 V! G; g% N: j2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
8 f9 l2 O1 ]; B* i* f2 U/ L2 o4,Evil does not always come to injure.
% s3 Y5 q+ A& V- r  E5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.