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。
a boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
a bully is always a coward.
色厉内荏。
a burden of ones choice is not felt.
爱挑的担子不嫌重。
a candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
a cat has 9 lives.
猫有九条命。
he is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.
正人先正己。
he is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
自嘲者不会让人见笑。
he is wise that is honest.
诚实者最明智。
he knows most who speaks least.
大智若愚。
he laughs best who laughs last.
谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
he sets the fox to keep the geese.
引狼入室。
he that climbs high falls heavily.
爬得越高，摔得越重。
he that will not work shall not eat.
不劳动者不得食。
he who does not advance loses ground.
1.Like and like make good friends. 趣味相投。
2.God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。
3.The older, the wiser. 姜是老的辣。
4.Where there is a will,there is a way. 有志者事竟成。
5.Do as Romans do in Rome. 入乡随俗。
6.Slow and steady wins the race. 稳扎稳打无往而不胜。
7.A fall into the pit,a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。
8.Experience is the mother of wisdom. 实践出真知。
9.An idle youth,a needy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
10.Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance. 无德之美犹如没有香味的.玫瑰，徒有其表。
11.More hasty,less speed. 欲速则不达。
12.It's never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。
13.All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的未必都是金子。
14.A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.千里之行始于足下。
15.Look before you leap. 三思而后行。
16.AS the tree,so the fruit. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
17.Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。
18.well begun,half done. 好的开始等于成功的一半。
19.To live is to learn,to learn is to better live. 活着为了学习，学习为了更好的活着。
20.Out of sight,out of mind. 眼不见，心不念。
21.Facts speak plainer than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
22.Call back white and white back. 颠倒黑白。
23.First things first. 凡事有轻重缓急。
24.Ill news travels fast. 坏事传千里。
25.A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。
26.live not to eat,but eat to live. 活着不是为了吃饭，吃饭为了活着。
27.Action speaks louder than words. 行动胜过语言。
28.East or west,home is the best. 金窝银窝不如自家草窝。
29.It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子在德不在衣。
30.Beauty will buy no beef. 漂亮不能当饭吃。
