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。