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。

# D: s- L* J% e( Y- w* U1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
# N* H' R2 n8 S8 [; ~- @( `+ k6 s; a' sExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
- X4 w! C3 c9 m8 L% IExample: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.

2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
' c, F5 y3 k! C6 H1 IExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
: G* _5 `- Y0 M( v2 s! T5 yExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

: }. e% X6 y9 u' ]- a8 M3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
, ~- F! {# k, {9 ?9 HExplanation: 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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) e  l# p5 i  X# K. |! v2 H, o4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
; X; p$ I. P( G- t8 {) fExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
! G5 [  N/ c4 E. @  ]# jExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

+ Z* w; ~0 ]& B, a& p+ p4 @+ R5,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.
( u6 L& p# l4 E) k! XExample: 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.

! r. U6 |$ F8 [6 u6, 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.

  o# B+ ]3 C" w6 G4 }Now come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
( w) z. D; `' [2 c3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
" H$ }3 U& f' X6 y- U5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.