1. a beggar's purse is bottomless. 乞丐的錢袋是無(wú)底洞。

　　2. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 雙鳥(niǎo)在林不如一鳥(niǎo)在手。

　　3. a bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 聞其歌知其鳥(niǎo)，聽(tīng)其言知其人。

　　4. a bird may be known by its song. 什么鳥(niǎo)唱什么歌。

　　5. a bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. 略有勝于全無(wú)。

　　6. a bad padlock invites a picklock. 開(kāi)門揖盜。

　　7. a bad penny always turns up.

　　8. a bad thing never dies. 壞事傳千年。

　　9. a bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀鈍)。

　　10. a bargain is a bargain. 達(dá)成的協(xié)議不可撕毀。

　　11. a bad beginning makes a bad ending. 惡其始者必惡其終。

　　12. a bad bush is better than the open field. 有勝于無(wú)。

　　13. a bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃虧的和解也比勝訴強(qiáng)。

　　14. a bad conscience is a snake in one's heart. 做賊心虛。

　　15. 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。

　　16. a blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of the world. 坐井觀天。

　　17. a blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲，白費(fèi)癡情。

　　18. a book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好書(shū)今天如此，將來(lái)也如此，永不改變。

　　19. a book that remains shut is but a block. 有書(shū)閉卷不閱讀，無(wú)異是一塊木頭。

　　20. a borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借來(lái)的斗篷不暖身。( 勵(lì)志