Corresponding English and Chinese proverbs and phrases（2）d5Y中国英语学习网
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1.World is but a little place, after all.d5Y中国英语学习网
天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君

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trek up Mount Tai. The world is but a little place after all.

2. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.d5Y中国英语学习网
入乡随俗

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live.

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are on the Continent you will do as the Romans do and take coffee and rolls.

3. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts.d5Y中国英语学习网
失之东隅，收之桑榆

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4.What are the odds so long as you are happy.d5Y中国英语学习网
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,d5Y中国英语学习网
and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.

5．Entertain an angel unawares.d5Y中国英语学习网
有眼不识泰山

Explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest without knowing hisd5Y中国英语学习网
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6.every dog has his day .d5Y中国英语学习网
是人皆有出头日

Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn

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7.every potter praises his own pot.d5Y中国英语学习网
王婆买瓜，自卖自夸

Explanation: people are loath to refer to defects in their possessions ord5Y中国英语学习网
their family members

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pot

Now come on! Have a try.试着翻译一下下面几个谚语！

hit the nail on the head

have an iron hand in a velvet glove

great minds think alike

good wine needs no bush

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

Evil does not always come to injure.

A fool may give a wise man counsel.