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.
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.

4 c" m) u% C: L) P! O- k2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
+ Y4 ^* W' K  K1 G% i* nExplanation: 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.

8 Y9 r+ n! |  s. v6 w3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
9 R4 B0 T5 R$ x) a# [Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

9 D9 R3 N: D  R8 H1 x4,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.
Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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' K$ D4 k7 p5 a& z5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
' E8 m1 X* E& h% t6 SExplanation: 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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2 Y% h  L. I! U6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
% H$ C- g2 P6 X$ ?( r0 S/ ~( QExplanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
% l. Z+ h0 C9 uExample: 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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+ F  D3 a  M. P" e9 FNow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
( u- V7 A; b" T: {. `' o3 D3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
2 z* P# [* d- {: [# c: B& N" Z4,Evil does not always come to injure.
& j4 @+ v' r& G% L5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.