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.爛錢總是會再回籠
A bad thing never dies. 壞事傳千。
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, Psence 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節。
A change of work is as good as a rest. 調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。 ，