CorrespondingEnglish And Chinese Proverbs And Phrases (2)

1.World Is But A Little Place, after All.
Skyline veries close formerly, everywhere Ke Fengjun

Explanation: It Is Used When A Person Meets Someone He Knows Or Is InSomeway Connected With Him In A Place Where He Would Never Have Expected ToDo So.

Example: Who Would Have Thought I Would Bump Into An Old Schoolmate On ATrek Up Mount Tai. The World Is But A Little Place After All.

2.When In Rome, do As The Romans Do.
Do in Rome as Rome does

Explanation: Conform To The Manners And Customs Of Those Amongst Whom YouLive.

Example: I Know You Have Egg And Bacon For Breakfast At Home, but Now YouAre 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.
The Dong Yu that break, the Sang Yu that close

Explanation: A Rough Way Of Starting A Law Of Average; If You Have Bad LuckOn One Day You Have Good On Another; If One Venture Results In Loss Try AFresh One---It May Succeed.

Example: He May Always Possess Merits Which Make Up For Everything; If HeLoses On The Swings, he May Win On The Roundabouts.

4.What Are The Odds So Long As You Are Happy.
Content with one's lot person Chang Le

Explanation: What Does Anything Else Matter If A Person Is Happy.

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.

5. Entertain An Angel Unawares.
Entertain an angel but unaware

Explanation: To Receive A Great Personage As A Guest Without Knowing HisMerits.

Example: In The Course Of Evening Someone Informed Her That She WasEntertaining An Angel Unawares, in The Shape Of A Composer Of The GreatestPromise

6.every Dog Has His Day.
It is the person all has odd day

Explanation: Fortune Comes To Each In Turn

Example: They Say That Every Dog Has His Day; But Mine Seems A Very LongTime Coming.

7.every Potter Praises His Own Pot.
King mother-in-law buys melon, blow one's own trumpet

Explanation: People Are Loath To Refer To Defects In Their Possessions OrTheir Family Members

Example: He Said That His Teacher Considered His Work Brilliant, but I WouldRather Hear It From His Teacher ' S Own Mouth. Every Potter Praises His OwnPot

Now Come On! Have A Try. Try to be translated below a few adage!

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