A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 惡其始者必惡其終。
A bad bush is better than the open field. 有勝于無(wú)。
A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃虧的和解也比勝訴強(qiáng)。
A bad conscience is a snake in one''s heart. 做賊心虛。
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。
A bad padlock invites a picklock. 開門揖盜。
A bad penny always turns up.
A bad thing never dies. 壞事傳千年。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀鈍)。
A bargain is a bargain. 達(dá)成的協(xié)議不可撕毀。
A beggar''s purse is bottomless. 乞丐的錢袋是無(wú)底洞。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。
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。
A bird may be known by its song. 什么鳥唱什么歌。
A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. 略有勝于全無(wú)。
A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it''s the boundary of the world. 坐井觀天。
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲，白費(fèi)癡情。
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(lái)也如此，永不改變。
A book that remains shut is but a block. 有書閉卷不閱讀，無(wú)異是一塊木頭。
A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借來(lái)的斗篷不暖身。
Absence sharpens love, Psence strengthens it. 相聚愛益切，離別情更深。
A burden of one''s choice is not felt. 自己選的擔(dān)子不嫌重。
A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蠟燭焚自身，光亮照別人。
A cat may look at a king. 貓也有權(quán)晉見國(guó)王。
A cat has nine lives. 貓有九條命。
Accidents will happen. 天有不測(cè)風(fēng)云。
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 鏈條的堅(jiān)固程度取決于它最薄弱的環(huán)節(jié)。
A change of work is as good as a rest. 調(diào)換一下工作是很好的休息。
A cheerful wife is the joy of life. 快樂的妻子是生活的樂事。
A clean hand wants no washing. 身正不怕影子斜。
A clear conscience is a soft pillow. 問(wèn)心無(wú)愧，高枕無(wú)憂。
A clear conscience is a sure card. 光明磊落，勝券在握。
A clear conscience laughs at false accusations. 白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。
A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast. 寧為清貧，不為濁富。
A close mouth catches no flies. 病從口入，禍從口出。
A cock is valiant on his own dunghill. 夜郎自大。
A common danger causes common action. 同仇敵愾。
A constant guest is never welcome. 久住非佳賓，常來(lái)不歡迎。
A contented mind is perpetual feast. 知足常樂。
A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself. 貪婪的人對(duì)別人毫無(wú)好處，對(duì)自己卻壞處更大。
A crafty knave needs no broker. 狡猾的流氓，不需居間人。
A creaking door hangs long on its hinges. 戶樞不蠹。
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行動(dòng)是知識(shí)的巧果。
Actions speak louder than words. 事實(shí)勝于雄辯。
A discontented man knows not where to sit easy. 不滿足者坐無(wú)寧時(shí)。
A disease known is half cured. 病情確診斷，治病好一半。
Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public. 在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公開場(chǎng)合又表?yè)P(yáng)你的朋友。
A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone. 骨頭打狗狗不叫。
Adversity is a good discipline. 苦難是磨練人的好機(jī)會(huì)。
Adversity leads to prosperity. 逆境迎向昌盛。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 患難使人聰明，但不能致富。
Adversity makes strange bedfellows. 身處逆境不擇友。
Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory. 成功地克服困難是最大的光榮。
A fair death honours the whole life. 死得光明，終身榮耀。
A fair face may hide a foul heart. 人不可貌相。
A faithful friend is hard to find. 益友難得。
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一塹，長(zhǎng)一智。
After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a while. 午飯后要坐，晚飯后要走。
A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both. 父親是財(cái)富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。
A fault confessed is half redressed. 承認(rèn)錯(cuò)誤，等于改正一半。
Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended. 事情要安步就班地做，就會(huì)很快地做完。
A flow of words is no proof of wisdom. 口若懸河不能作為才智的證明。
A fool always comes short of his reckoning. 愚人常缺算計(jì)。
A fool always rushes to the fore. 傻瓜總愛強(qiáng)出頭。
A fool and his money are soon parted. 笨蛋難聚財(cái)。
A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity. 蠢人裝聰明，實(shí)在最可憐。
A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer. 一愚發(fā)問(wèn)，七智結(jié)舌。
A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. 愚者所問(wèn)，智者難答。
A fool may give a wise man counsel. 愚者千慮，必有一得。
A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out. 一愚所失，百智難回。
A fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another. 一個(gè)蠢材在他自己家里所知的事比一個(gè)聰明人在別人家里所知的事要多。
A fool''s bolt may sometimes hit the mark. 愚者千慮，必有一得。
A fool''s heart dances on his lips. 愚人心坦蕩，掛在嘴唇上。
A fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐貍會(huì)變，但本性難移。
A friend exaggerates a man''s virtue, an enemy his crimes. 朋友宣揚(yáng)人的美德，敵人夸大人的罪過(guò)。
A friend in court is better than a penny in purse. 曩中有錢，不如朝中有友。
A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患難朋友才是真朋友。
A friend is a second self. 朋友是另一個(gè)我。
A friend is best found in adversity. 患難見真友。
A friend is never known till a man have need. 不到患難時(shí)，永遠(yuǎn)不能認(rèn)識(shí)真正的朋友。
A friend is not so soon gotten as lost. 交友慢，失友快。
A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. 廣交友，無(wú)深交。
A friend without faults will never be found. 沒有缺點(diǎn)的朋友是永遠(yuǎn)找不到的。
After a storm comes a calm. 否極泰來(lái)。
After black clouds, clear weather. 否極泰來(lái)。
After death, the doctor. 放馬后炮。
After dinner comes the reckoning. 吃喝玩樂，該付代價(jià)。
After dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile. 午餐之后坐片刻，晚飯之后走一里。
After meat, mustard. 雨后送傘。
A full belly counsels well. 衣食足而后知榮辱。
A full cup must be carried steadily. 杯滿盈，須持穩(wěn)。
A good anvil does not fear the hammer. 好砧不怕錘。
A good appetite is a good sauce. 饑不擇食。
A good beginning is half the battle. 首戰(zhàn)告捷等于一半勝利。
A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者必善其終。
