1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 恶其始者必恶其终。 2. A bad bush is better than the open field. 有胜于无。 3. A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。 4. A bad conscience is a snake in one’s heart. 做贼心虚。 5. A bad custom is like a good cake， better broken than kept. 坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。 6. A bad padlock invites a picklock. 开门揖盗。 8. A bad thing never dies. 坏事传千年。 9. A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨工具差（人笨怨刀钝）。 10. A bargain is a bargain. 达成的协议不可撕毁。 11. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。 12. A beggar’s purse is bottomless. 乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。 13. A bird is known by its note， and a man by his talk. 闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人。 14. A bird may be known by its song. 什么鸟唱什么歌。 15. A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. 略有胜于全无。 16. A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it’s the boundary of the world. 坐井观天。 17. A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲，白费痴情。 18. A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好书今天如此，将来也如此，永不改变。 19. A book that remains shut is but a block. 有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。 20. A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借来的斗篷不暖身。 21. Absence sharpens love， presence strengthens it. 相聚爱益切，离别情更深。 22. A burden of one’s choice is not felt. 自己选的担子不嫌重。 23. A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 24. A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。 25. A cat may look at a king. 猫也有权晋见国王。 26. A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命。 27. Accidents will happen. 天有不测风云。 28. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 链条的坚固程度取决于它最薄弱的环节。 29. A change of work is as good as a rest. 调换一下工作是很好的休息。 30. A cheerful wife is the joy of life. 快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。