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。

  n% Z: [" u' S; B1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
4 g; U$ B5 V$ H% X  ~8 j/ `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.

6 r2 E2 K0 W' r( T- ]2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
! ^& o; H. W; D2 E9 nExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
+ O& V/ w! z; s* cExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

9 ~3 X6 Y! N0 ?5 x3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
8 _+ Z4 p% p3 O! [/ jExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

7 I, ?% T& d9 \4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
$ x: s3 u. Y  m( k$ K# jExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

7 @! R3 \, h9 V3 n  Y" T/ e5,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.
& {! P; s7 d" ]& t$ e9 RExample: 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.

  ~' i: B2 ~. z- wNow come on! Have a try.
9 j5 J" A4 _! N0 L) X6 ?8 y$ a1,Great minds think alike
2 t; j6 H7 R( [) D; r( \8 U" ?2,Good wine needs no bush
) f- D9 g. y# ]  p8 k% p: b3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
+ V$ v9 e# k3 n( J" I/ P5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.