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。  

7.A change of work is as good as a rest.
调换一下工作是很好的休息。

8. A bad thing never dies.
遗臭万年。  

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.
君子一言，驷马难追。  

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。