1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
　　惡其始者必惡其終。
　　2. A bad bush is better than the open field.
　　有勝于無。
　　3. A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.
　　吃虧的和解也比勝訴強(qiáng)。
　　4. A bad conscience is a snake in one’s heart.
　　做賊心虛。
　　5. 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。
　　6. A bad padlock invites a picklock.
　　開門揖盜。
　　7.A change of work is as good as a rest.
　　調(diào)換一下工作是很好的休息。
　　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 bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
　　雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。
　　12. A beggar’s purse is bottomless.
　　乞丐的錢袋是無底洞。
　　13. 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。
　　14. A bird may be known by its song.
　　什么鳥唱什么歌。
　　15. A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.
　　略有勝于全無。