1. Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 欢聚爱益切,别离情更加深入。
2. A burden of one's choice is not felt. 自身选的重担总嫌重。
3. A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳。
4. A candle lights others and consumes itself. 焟烛焚本身,明亮照他人。
5. A cat may look at a king. 猫也有权利晋见君王。
6. A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命。
7. Accidents will happen. 人有旦夕祸福。
8. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 传动链条的牢固水平在于它最欠缺的阶段。
9. A change of work is as good as a rest. 替换一下工作中是非常好的歇息。
10. A cheerful wife is the joy of life. 开心的老婆是日常生活的乐趣。
11. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟在林比不上一鸟手中。
12. A beggar's purse is bottomless. 乞讨者的钱包是无底深潭。
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. 略微胜于全无。
16. A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of the world. 井底之蛙。
17. A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋鸿送盲,徒劳痴心。
18. A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好书今日这般,未来也这般,绝不更改。
19. A book that remains shut is but a block. 书外闭卷考试不阅读文章,一样是一块木材。
20. A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 拿来的披风斗篷不暖身。
21. A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 恶其始者必恶其终。
22. A bad bush is better than the open field. 有胜于无。
23. A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃大亏的调解也比申诉成功强。
24. A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart. 做贼心虚。
25. A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 不良习惯像鲜陷饼,相食要比储存好。
26. A bad padlock invites a picklock. 开门揖盗。
28. A bad thing never dies. 错事传上千年。
29. A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨专用工具差(人笨怨刀钝)。
30. A bargain is a bargain. 达到的协议书不能撕烂。