英汉合璧的俚语
俚语和谚语是英语学习中的一大绊脚石。我们不明白这些俗语的含义，是因为我们和英语国家的文化背景不同。如果能在汉语中为这些俗语找到对应的说法，问题就解决了。我们向你介绍一些英汉合璧的俚语和谚语，帮助你的英语学习更上一层楼。1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor
雨后送伞
Explanation: this describes a situation where assistance or comfortis given
when it is too late。
Example: just as I had cancelled my application to go abroad, I hada
promise of money for my fare. It was a case of after death, thedoctor。
2.After praising the wine they sell us vinegar
挂羊头卖狗肉
Explanation: to offer to give or sell something that is inferior towhat you
claim it to be。
Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capableof
doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar。
3.All is over but the shouting
大势已去
Explanation: finally decided or won; brought to the end; not ableto be
changed。
Example: after Bill’s touch down, the game is all over butshouting。
4.All lay load on the willing horse
人善被人欺，马善被人骑
Explanation: a willing horse is someone who is always doing thingsfor
others. Very often the implication is that others impose onhim。
Examples: the trouble is you're too good-natured and people takeadvantage
of it. all lay load on the willing horse. You will haveto learn to refuse people
who ask too much。
5.anger and haste hinder good counsel
小不忍则乱大谋
Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in ahurry。
Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move.Anger and
haste hinder good counsel。
6.As poor as a church mouse
一贫如洗
Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to liveupon。
Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a churchmouse。
Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain nofood。
7.A word spoken is past recalling
一言既出，驷马难追
Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easilyundo。
Example: for the rest of his life he regretted what he had said,but a word
spoken is past recalling and he knew he could neverrepair the damage of that
moment of harshness。
8.World is but a little place, after all
天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君
Explanation: it is used when a person meets someone he knows or isin
someway connected with him in a place where he would never haveexpected to do
so。
Example: Who would have thought I would bump into an old schoolmateon a
trek up Mount Tai. The world is but a little place afterall。
9.When in Rome, do as the Romans do
入乡随俗
Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongstwhom you
live。
Example: I know you have egg and bacon for breakfast at home, butnow you
are on the Continent you will do as the Romans do and takecoffee and rolls。
10.What you lose on the swings you get back on theroundabouts
失之东隅，收之桑榆
Explanation: a rough way of starting a law of average; if you havebad luck
on one day you have good on another; if one ventureresults in loss try a fresh
one---it may succeed。
Example: he may always possess merits which make up for everything;if he
loses on the swings, he may win on the roundabouts。
11.What are the odds so long as you are happy
知足者常乐
Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person ishappy。
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。
12.Entertain an angel unawares
有眼不识泰山
Explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest withoutknowing his
merits。
Example: in the course of evening someone informed her that she
wasentertaining an angel unawares, in the shape of a composer of thegreatest
promise
13.every dog has his day
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 verylong
time coming。
14.every potter praises his own pot
王婆买瓜，自卖自夸
Explanation: people are loath to refer to defects in theirpossessions or
their family members
Example: he said that his teacher considered his work brilliant,but I would
rather hear it from his teacher’s own mouth. Everypotter praises his own pot
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