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Corresponding English and Chinese proverbs and phrases（2）UiN
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1.World is but a little place, after all.UiN
天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君

Explanation: it is used when a person meets someone he knows or is inUiN
someway connected with him in a place where he would never have expected toUiN
do so.

Example: Who would have thought I would bump into an old schoolmate on aUiN
trek up Mount Tai. The world is but a little place after all.

2. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.UiN
入乡随俗

Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom youUiN
live.

Example: I know you have egg and bacon for breakfast at home, but now youUiN
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.UiN
失之东隅，收之桑榆

Explanation: a rough way of starting a law of average; if you have bad luckUiN
on one day you have good on another; if one venture results in loss try aUiN
fresh one---it may succeed.

Example: he may always possess merits which make up for everything; if heUiN
loses on the swings, he may win on the roundabouts.

4.What are the odds so long as you are happy.UiN
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,UiN
and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.

5．Entertain an angel unawares.UiN
有眼不识泰山

Explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest without knowing hisUiN
merits.

Example: in the course of evening someone informed her that she wasUiN
entertaining an angel unawares, in the shape of a composer of the greatestUiN
promise

6.every dog has his day .UiN
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 longUiN
time coming.

7.every potter praises his own pot.UiN
王婆买瓜，自卖自夸

Explanation: people are loath to refer to defects in their possessions orUiN
their family members

Example: he said that his teacher considered his work brilliant, but I wouldUiN
rather hear it from his teacher’s own mouth. Every potter praises his ownUiN
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.