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。

　　A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃虧的和解也比勝訴強。

　　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. 達成的協(xié)議不可撕毀。

　　A beggar''s purse is bottomless. 乞丐的錢袋是無底洞。

　　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。

　　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，將來也如此，永不改變。

　　A book that remains shut is but a block. 有書閉卷不閱讀，無異是一塊木頭。

　　A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借來的斗篷不暖身。

　　Absence sharpens love, presence 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)晉見國王。

　　A cat has nine lives. 貓有九條命。

　　Accidents will happen. 天有不測風云。

　　A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 鏈條的堅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. 問心無愧，高枕無憂。

　　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. 貪婪的人對別人毫無好處，對自己卻壞處更大。

　　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. 行動是知識的巧果。

　　Actions speak louder than words. 事實勝于雄辯。

　　A discontented man knows not where to sit easy. 不滿足者坐無寧時。

　　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，在公開場合又表揚你的朋友。

　　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會。

　　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. 父親是財富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。

　　A fault confessed is half redressed. 承認錯誤，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。

　　A fool always rushes to the fore. 傻瓜總愛強出頭。