1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 惡其始者必惡其終。
2. A bad bush is better than the open field. 有勝于無。
3. A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃虧的和解也比勝訴強(qiáng)。
4. A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart. 做賊心虛。
5. A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 壞習(xí)慣像鮮餡餅,分食要比保存好。
6. A bad padlock invites a picklock. 開門揖盜。
7. A bad penny always turns up.
8. A bad thing never dies. 壞事傳千年。
9. A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀鈍)。
10. A bargain is a bargain. 達(dá)成的協(xié)議不可撕毀。
11. A beggar's purse is bottomless. 乞丐的錢袋是無底洞。
12. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。
13. A bird is known by its note and a man by his talk. 聞其歌知其鳥,聽其言知其人。
14. A bird may be known by its song. 什么鳥唱什么歌。
15. A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. 略有勝于全無。
16. Ablindmanwholeansagainstawallimaginesthatit'stheboundaryoftheworld. 坐井觀天。
17. A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲,白費(fèi)癡情。
18. A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好書今天如此,將來也如此,永不改變。
19. A book that remains shut is but a block. 有書閉卷不閱讀,無異是一塊木頭。
20. A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借來的斗篷不暖身。