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。

  i0 q6 z9 e: R$ [% Y& c1,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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9 {& ?9 M# k% }  z% W0 e2,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.
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" I7 U! G; o  w9 k* p1 M  [$ [7 s* W( A3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
: f- F  o/ m2 I. g/ fExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
. C6 z6 s0 m$ X1 WExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.
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4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
) p2 W" x2 C5 J) w$ vExplanation: 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.

& M- @6 X0 a3 O6 G) p5,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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6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
# H& s5 t- k. j/ j# N& oExplanation: 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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- }. ]% Y- V, ?# kNow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
! R1 i+ x+ K) Y1 t. Q2 c3 W2,Good wine needs no bush
+ U5 X- j  N% a$ Y: C7 `6 R3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
$ I( E4 b, Z1 b0 z3 m  l5 m4,Evil does not always come to injure.
7 _* [) d" T) W. C) e5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.