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。

& H  t  \1 G% D; ~3 {" V1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
' Z9 y7 J* I) ]$ q9 a7 QExplanation: 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
" T# W+ T: Q' J2 O" g+ _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.

3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
6 T3 z" w* _' B9 ?  N' JExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
) j  q; D7 N0 x: Q4 QExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

1 O: |" }# ^8 ?4,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。
! }) q8 V$ h0 ?4 W8 W1 R& xExplanation: 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.

4 h% _, i7 y$ t& ?6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
6 a5 V7 J; s' `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.

, W# m  k$ O2 Q  c' W$ k" sNow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
& g+ X# C% N4 }( h7 o) V2,Good wine needs no bush
5 S! q5 l9 V" M$ C6 N3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
8 @0 L% ^- E1 W4,Evil does not always come to injure.
+ I! k( ]' a0 K6 `0 N. P( T5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.