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. 吃亏的息争也比胜诉强。
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,分食要比保留好。
6. a bad padlock invites a picklock. 引狼入室。
7. a bad penny always turns up.(www.Glen.cn)
8. a bad thing never dies. 坏事传千年。
9. a bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨东西差(人笨怨刀钝)。
10. a bargain is a bargain. 告竣的和谈不成撕毁。(www.Glen.cn)
11. a beggar's purse is bottomless. 乞丐的荷包是无底洞。
12. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
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. 甚么鸟唱甚么歌。
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. 管中窥豹。
17. a blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲,白搭痴情。
18. a book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好书今天如斯,未来也如斯,永不改变。
19. a book that remains shut is but a block. 有书闭卷不浏览,无异是一块木头。
20. a borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借来的大氅不暖身。
21. absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 相聚爱益切,拜别情更深。
22. a burden of one's choice is not felt. 本身选的担子不嫌重。