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。
8. a bad thing never dies. 坏事传千年。
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. 达成的协议不可撕毁。
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。
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