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.
4 q  A$ `$ j* h) G8 t3 y4 UExample: 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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0 |  `$ p7 Z- t: M. V  D- C+ H" z2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
3 G# C/ F; k+ k7 {/ f6 U1 h4 {) sExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
; i) I  q/ Q+ A2 [3 S. c; l: lExample: 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
# T. `* I% c+ n4 c, K7 OExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
# `$ `0 n6 e' L3 p( T" \Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.
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) {# E$ K! M9 H1 _3 z4,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.

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.
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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1 O+ [$ H- M; i% F6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
5 V5 l+ s/ v* B+ h& K7 WExplanation: 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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% m+ K4 T2 {( ]4 g/ [7 U4 c1 Z8 E; MNow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
; K5 ~$ A: P) H7 Y' I0 |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.