A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 恶其始者必恶其终。

　　A bad bush is better than the open field. 有胜于无。

　　A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。

　　A bad conscience is a snake in one''s heart. 做贼心虚。

　　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。

　　A bad padlock invites a picklock. 开门揖盗。

　　A bad penny always turns up.

　　A bad thing never dies. 坏事传千年。

　　A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀钝)。

　　A bargain is a bargain. 达成的协议不可撕毁。

　　A beggar''s purse is bottomless. 乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。

　　A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。

　　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。

　　A bird may be known by its song. 什么鸟唱什么歌。

　　A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. 略有胜于全无。

　　A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it''s the boundary of the world. 坐井观天。

　　A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲，白费痴情。

　　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。

　　A book that remains shut is but a block. 有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。

　　A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借来的斗篷不暖身。

　　Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 相聚爱益切，离别情更深。

　　A burden of one''s choice is not felt. 自己选的担子不嫌重。

　　A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

　　A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。