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
& {! O, I1 D' X! ?- pExplanation: 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.

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.
Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

& `6 p9 n4 E; h9 |; J% u3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
( L/ o7 s2 ]# \4 `8 X: o! H9 LExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
# ~. P2 j. V3 U) U" W. E& M' a1 t$ IExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

- f4 j% |! b( I6 f6 c. Z6 }5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
. D! a2 E5 v8 hExplanation: 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.
6 E* t% I6 ~  j& h) U3 ?3 |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.

. T2 a9 b$ V+ m* @6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
* ?% A1 v( O  V% nExplanation: 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.
1,Great minds think alike
2 V" b! C2 ^8 B2,Good wine needs no bush
2 h% \& |' e) S$ U7 I9 N# t3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5 \! I) J# U  N/ Q2 L5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.