英汉互译中的谚语巧合
<p></p><p>Corresponding English and Chinese proverbs and phrases</p><p>1.World is but a little place, after all.</p><p>天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>2. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.</p><p>入乡随俗</p><p>Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.</p><p>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.</p><p>3. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts.</p><p>失之东隅，收之桑榆</p><p>Explanation: a rough way of starting a law of average; if you have bad luck on one day you have good on another; if one venture results in loss try a fresh one---it may succeed.</p><p>Example: he may always possess merits which make up for everything; if he loses on the swings, he may win on the roundabouts.</p><p>4.What are the odds so long as you are happy.</p><p>知足者常乐</p><p>Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.</p><p>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.</p><p>5．Entertain an angel unawares.</p><p>有眼不识泰山</p><p>Explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest without knowing his merits.</p><p>Example: in the course of evening someone informed her that she was entertaining an angel unawares, in the shape of a composer of the greatest promise.</p><p>6.every dog has his day .</p><p>是人皆有出头日</p><p>Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn</p><p>Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.</p><p>7.every potter praises his own pot.</p><p>王婆买瓜，自卖自夸</p><p>Explanation: people are loath to refer to defects in their possessions or their family members</p><p>Example: he said that his teacher considered his work brilliant, but I would rather hear it from his teacher’s own mouth. Every potter praises his own pot.</p><p>Now come on! Have a try.试着翻译一下下面几个谚语！</p><p>hit the nail on the head</p><p>have an iron hand in a velvet glove</p><p>great minds think alike</p><p>good wine needs no bush</p><p>Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.</p><p>Evil does not always come to injure.</p>
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