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
% H  q( B% O( _0 gExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
+ h4 ], e0 k( R( F. t1 @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.
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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.
8 F+ @& S  M4 d5 k2 PExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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6 ^7 o1 W4 F/ W+ C5 _- [3,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.

5 _. \4 o! v/ N2 t/ M: t! j4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
, g. d6 |  {0 K4 V2 k* l# jExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
' T+ P$ z$ J! P) i; @" X+ s  i- OExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
! ?! [, d, `8 s3 [& e7 t; M( W& |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.
0 c9 Q+ s" G6 n2 ~; ^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.

6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
' e: ~9 u) i# U4 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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& ^7 G! a/ t: p1 Q9 k# w: JNow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
! t5 B7 S* N9 O, R$ ]; J! w4,Evil does not always come to injure.
9 {$ {2 Y4 N' N5 C5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.