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8.World is but a little place, after all 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 答案： 1.雨后送傘 2. 掛羊頭賣狗肉 3. 大勢已去 4.人善被人欺，馬善被人騎 5. 小不忍則亂大謀 6. 一貧如洗 7. 一言既出，駟馬難追 8. 天涯原咫尺，到處可逢君 9. 入鄉隨俗 10. 失之東隅，收之桑榆 11. 知足者常樂 12. 有眼不識泰山 13.是人皆有出頭日 14.王婆買瓜，自賣自夸送花須知：十二星座的幸運花Aries: Thistle, wild rose, gorse, nasturtium, woodbine 白羊：薊、野玫瑰、金雀花、旱金蓮花、忍冬 Taurus: Lily of the valley, violet, red rose, myrtle 金牛：鈴蘭、紫羅蘭、紅玫瑰、桃金娘 Gemini: Snapdragon, iris 雙子：金魚草、愛麗絲 Cancer: Poppy, water lily, white rose 巨蟹：罌粟、荷花、白玫瑰 Leo: Marigold, sunflower, cowslip, heliotrope,。
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劍橋大學的研究表明：單詞中字母的順序如何不重要，重要的是第一個和最后一個字母的位置 。這是因為大腦在閱讀時不會讀到所有字母 。
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WASITACARORACATISAW..'WASITACARORACATISAW'..,it'llgivethesamesentence.
“WASITACARORACATISAW”（我看到的是一輛車還是一只貓）這是英語中唯一一句反過來念還是一樣的句子 。
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"Goodbye"camefrom"Godbye"whichcamefrom"Godbewithyou."
英語單詞“Goodbye”來自于“Godbye”，原意是“上帝與你同在” 。
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這只敏捷的棕色狐貍跳過了一只懶狗，這句話用到了字母表中的所有字母！
趣味英語小知識a)Ten animals I slam in a net. 我把十只動物一網打盡 你注意到這句話有什么特別之處嗎？對了，無論從左到右，還是從右到左，字母排列順序都是一樣的，英語把這叫做Palindromes 回文（指順讀和倒讀都一樣的詞語），關于動物的回文還有以下的例子 Otto saw pup ; pup was Otto. （奧托看見了小狗，小狗的名字叫奧托） Was it a car or a cat I saw ?Was it a rat I saw ？ （我剛才看見的是條老鼠？） b)the bee's knees 又來形容最好的至高無上的東西 。
[例] She is a very poor singer but she thinks she's the bee's knees. （她五音不全卻自認為是高高在上的一流歌手 。） 該表現起源于20年代的美國，僅僅因為bee's 和 knees押韻，瑯瑯上口，迅速得到流傳，直到現在，還在日常生活非正式場合的對話中經常使用 。
和時間有關的英語趣味小知識（一）時間是金，其值無價 Time is money.（時間就是金錢或一寸光陰一寸金） Time flies.（光陰似箭，日月如梭） Time has wings.（光陰去如飛） Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.（光陰如銼，細磨無聲） Time stays not the fool's leisure.（時間不等閑逛的傻瓜） Time and I against any two.（和時間攜起手來，一人抵兩人） Time is life and when the idle man kills time, he kills himself.（時間就是生命，懶人消耗時間就是消耗自己的生命 ?；驎r間就是生命，節省時間，就是延長生命） Time spent in vice or folly is doubly lost.（消磨于惡習或愚行的時間是加倍的損失） （二）時間是風，去而不返 Time undermines us.（光陰暗中催人才 。

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