- 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 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.
- 烂钱总是会再回笼
- 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 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 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。
- 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。
- A cat has nine lives.
- 猫有九条命。
- A cat may look at a king.
- 猫也有权晋见国王。