英汉俚语，谚语对照欣赏

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<FONT size=2>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。<BR><BR>1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐<BR>Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.<BR>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.<BR><BR>2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋<BR>Explanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.<BR>Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.<BR><BR>3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日<BR>Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn<BR>Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.<BR><BR>4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施 <BR>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.<BR>Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.<BR><BR>5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。<BR>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.<BR>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.<BR><BR>6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗<BR>Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live. <BR>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.<BR><BR>Now come on! Have a try. <BR>1,Great minds think alike<BR>2,Good wine needs no bush<BR>3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.<BR>4,Evil does not always come to injure.<BR>5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.</FONT><BR>