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。
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1,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.
$ b$ V9 d: x- ~( M7 xExample: 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
Explanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
* h* }# _9 c% w8 i2 ?! F. o8 Y" iExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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2 g9 S" Z+ B9 h+ y3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
- i9 f! d( o/ L3 {Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

% k+ N' `: e; x! `8 }* G4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
1 g4 a: g. ~  F- wExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
/ A5 f% ?" f$ m- g/ a( J; EExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

# H, c- Q& w9 [+ g4 T% U; x% N8 f* E) C5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
! E0 K7 F7 u! {' T( DExplanation: 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.
2 g/ H! Z) s( R! ?' M  _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 X' O$ c( e- e* s! f, f6, 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.
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Now come on! Have a try.
" m. A5 O9 v/ U3 @, U# |! q1,Great minds think alike
3 ~" P2 Q1 i' \2 @# Z: l& d0 G" {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.