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。 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. 達成的協議不可撕毀。 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。
