"After you" is good manners.    “您先請”是禮貌。
"Never" is a long word.    不要輕易說“決不”。
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.    壞習慣像鮮餡餅，分食要比保存好.
A bad padlock invites a picklock.    開門揖盜.
A bad thing never dies.    壞事傳千年.
A bad workman always blames his tools.    不會撐船怪河彎。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools    拙匠常怨工具差.
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 than two in the bush.    一鳥在手勝過雙鳥在林。
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.    什麼鳥唱什麼歌.
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 boaster and a liar are cousins-german.    吹牛與說謊本是同宗。
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.
A bosom friend afar brings distant land near.    海內存知己，天涯若比鄰.
A bully is always a coward.    色厲內荏。
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，十年怕井繩.
A candle lights others and consumes itself.    蠟燭焚自身，光亮照別人.
A cat has nine lives.     貓有九條命；吉人天相。
A cat may look at a king.    貓也有權晉見國王.
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.    不做虧心事，不怕鬼叫門.
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 a perpetual feast.    知足常樂.
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.
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.
A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone.    骨頭打狗狗不叫.
A dog's mouth emits no ivory.    狗嘴里吐不出象牙.
A fair death honors the whole life.    死得光明，終身榮耀.
A fair face may hide a foul heart.    人不可貌相.
A faithful friend is hard to find.    益友難得.
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.    吃一塹，長一智。
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.    吃一塹，長一智.
A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both.    父親是財富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之.
A fault confessed is half redressed.    承認錯誤，等于改正一半.
A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.    口若懸河不能作為才智的證明.
A fool always comes short of his reckoning.    愚人常缺算計.
A fool always rushes to the fore.    傻瓜總愛強出頭.
A fool and his money are soon parted.    笨蛋難聚財.
A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity.    蠢人裝聰明，實在最可憐.
A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer.    一愚發問，七智結舌.
A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.    愚者所問，智者難答.
A fool may give a wise man counsel.    愚者千慮，必有一得.
A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.    一愚所失，百智難回.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.    蠢人易于智窮力竭。
A fool's bolt may sometimes hit the mark.    愚者千慮，必有一得.
A fool's heart dances on his lips.    愚人心坦蕩，掛在嘴唇上.
A fox may grow gray, but never good.    江山易改，本性難移。
A fox may grow grey, but never good.    狐貍到老也不會變好.
A friend exaggerates a man's virtue, an enemy his crimes.    朋友宣揚人的美德，敵人夸大人的罪過.
A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.    囊中有錢，不如朝中有友.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.    患難見真交.
A friend is a second self.    朋友是另一個我.
A friend is best found in adversity.    患難見真友.
A friend is easier lost than found.    得朋友難，失朋友易。
A friend is never known till a man has need.    不到患難時，永遠不能認識真正的朋友.
A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.    交友慢，失友快.
A friend to all is a friend to none.    濫交者無友。
A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.    廣交友，無深交.
A friend without faults will never be found.    沒有缺點的朋友是永遠找不到的.
A full belly counsels well.    衣食足而后知榮辱.
A full cup must be carried steadily.    杯滿盈，須持穩.
A good anvil does not fear the hammer.    好砧不怕錘.
A good appetite is a good sauce.    饑不擇食.
A good beginning is half done.    良好的開端是成功的一半。
A good beginning is half the battle.    首戰告捷等于一半勝利.
A good beginning makes a good ending.    善始者必善其終.
A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us.    一本好書，莫逆之交.