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。

. z+ P4 [' H' F1,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.
" m( M* d/ q" z, H& t6 M! N$ U# l2 @5 bExample: 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 B' [: R) Y* w' f2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
' Q2 `" @8 ?1 GExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
0 i5 g/ K: \0 m9 c5 ?$ a& Y. j6 DExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

7 X' h. K1 h% `3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
$ Q1 |, a; A9 v' \2 S2 ]) f5 XExplanation: 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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4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
2 ~2 h3 K" ?3 E6 ?2 C. rExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
! Z2 T  a! d8 U2 g* aExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

1 F! m6 y9 J$ c) ~8 e% N5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
+ {. \* Q% X$ v, `4 o( uExplanation: 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
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.

; L) z' Z- A% I( H  {Now come on! Have a try.
( C/ X7 b1 ?! l5 Q: V1,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.