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。

1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
$ k$ ?( L* p7 k" x. \  oExplanation: 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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( H0 v# c8 [! ^8 R# b; l/ H# R2,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.
Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
0 v0 d' _- b, z1 I8 f1 E' b/ J9 KExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
1 [# R3 |  y* [+ x5 u% p& w: L/ ^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
) M* N' T+ V2 z3 j8 y/ O, ?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.
2 e+ I1 `3 h* v6 N( x1 x: c$ X$ W* g4 nExample: 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。
0 Z7 U8 K! ]$ g/ P( N# 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.
9 H- x6 |' T& _: B" W, z: k! w" bExample: 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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- G( {- \+ |  F1 v0 S' N6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
# H0 e/ r& K. \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.
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Now come on! Have a try.
  O4 W: Z# m/ K1 x+ b; \1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
3 \7 V: q5 E1 Q6 w- ^0 ^3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
: P# ^4 j) j. d$ V: B5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.