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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$ D0 y* P0 g. l. }( _3 g1,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.
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2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
, [0 ~5 e: z. w  A( |! j0 C/ KExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
; m, a# ]" {2 \' K5 {Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
) f. i/ ~" I9 y: W7 }! ?Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
/ X6 S# d) `- S" C! u: y3 NExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.
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& t9 X: M+ a( Q) B4,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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5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
0 W1 T. w5 [) A0 {7 u, zExplanation: 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.
. O/ J8 k- V0 z' B1 dExample: 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
* B% {- b, t& x# y  G' \Explanation: 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,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
! M" t3 Y0 h) V1 P. B, Z4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.