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
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.

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.
( \+ P' z. J6 KExample: 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
! A; `1 D$ u' o: IExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
6 c8 q4 A2 M* yExample: 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
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.
8 q) {7 r. f* x3 O8 mExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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3 D6 y) w* V" D, g0 M% r1 Y/ Q4 Z5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
1 K6 g. i( U% h9 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.
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.

6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
0 B* ], S* A+ b, W2 gExplanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
' F" h& |, U/ S: D( c$ S" sExample: 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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! F) R/ G2 Y! w+ d; h" a0 lNow come on! Have a try.
2 a, h0 ]# ?( z1,Great minds think alike
9 N4 j- q7 K) W% {# t+ m$ j2,Good wine needs no bush
9 ^& n( F9 w  Y, z) C9 z5 T/ z3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
: A) a3 b% W, f/ c6 S6 x4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.