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
' ^0 e; x  W% n4 E& Z9 T5 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.
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3 y! b2 H. \, j9 q1 J2,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.

8 E. G% w0 Q2 E* V6 |" n3,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.
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2 \& t2 h% U- |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.
' c# w+ _8 Q( E$ Y: v: _9 tExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

* R  \- X6 c% r, u2 s( N5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
' F9 [. w( D% }' J5 |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.
$ A. c. M1 |9 m" ZExample: 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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- B' x9 L) G  V" Q6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
/ Q2 z/ J+ Y0 CExplanation: 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
+ Q2 C& T1 c7 Y# N; g! z# ]% Z4 h2,Good wine needs no bush
5 C. U' C& k  m$ |9 z2 z3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.