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
Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
1 t% w% o, X( ?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.

2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
. [  o1 w. h' k. W1 [' H- iExplanation: 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.

# k5 t/ P( P: t9 H3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
9 Z& U+ G/ b& N, u7 I3 h6 fExplanation: 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
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.
8 Q# o/ t% ]- l0 M0 iExample: 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。
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% G8 j* u1 W5 S  hExample: 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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3 @6 r5 m6 e: U; I' `$ i- Q6 g6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
: b# e, H0 e; E3 JExplanation: 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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* J4 c( _. F/ oNow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
, c' J0 i- p1 M2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
7 C2 i3 a" T- k# u+ _( _8 x4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.