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。

' v0 s5 f2 M9 X; @# h4 |9 F. {" p1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
% C: S! G! A6 D5 NExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
- m5 p( W" C1 Q8 k; K. e. {! pExample: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.

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.
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
8 s9 }5 _0 H& t" W+ i" DExplanation: 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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1 d- |' J! F1 U* D4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
. ], j. s1 M2 e/ K7 FExplanation: 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.

. F* {9 _1 y" t3 a2 N/ v5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
5 A! s5 P$ @& T, }5 a8 bExplanation: 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.
2 j6 B& E6 b2 }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
: ]4 Q: C. a( \. ?Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
& \3 a. v+ T' W+ oExample: 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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, {! Q, [$ V7 c. y6 t2 \4 SNow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
7 R- N0 e$ d/ M# }' j3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
8 K, s  ]! D8 x5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.