Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
已知的魔鬼比未知的好。明槍易躲,暗箭難防。

Between two stools you fall to the ground.
腳踏雙凳必墜地。喻一心二用,將一事無成。

Birds of a feather flock together.
物以類聚。

Bitter pills may have blessed effects.
良藥苦口。忠言逆耳。

Blood is thicker than water.

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Beer before liquor, you'll never be sicker, but liquor before beer and you're in the clear.
喝啤酒再喝白酒,你不會清醒;但先喝白酒再喝啤酒,你還會清醒。
由淺入深難,由深入淺易。由儉入奢易,由奢入儉難。

Beggars must not be choosers.
饑者不得擇食。窮人無選擇權。飢不擇食、寒不擇衣、慌不擇路、貧不擇妻。

Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse.
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
寧為驢頭不為馬尾;寧為牛頭不為蛇尾。

Better late than never.

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Bad news travels fast.
惡事傳千里。

Barking dogs seldom bite.
吠叫的狗不咬人。指裝模作樣,勿用在意。 外強中乾、虛有其表、虛張聲勢。

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
情人眼裏出西施。

Beauty is but skin deep.
美色只是一層皮。紅顏易老。

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A tree is known by its fruit.
凡樹木看果實,就可以認出它的好壞。
觀其行,知其人。

A woman's work is never done.
女子的粗活是做不完的。女人真命苦。

A word to the wise is enough.
智者一言足矣。忠言真心者,一言足矣。

A word once spoken can never be recalled.
一言既出,駟馬難追。


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A straight stick is crooked in the water.
直棍水中曲。

As you make your bed so you must lie on it.
自作自受;咎由自取。自食惡果;自討苦吃。作繭自縛。拿石頭砸自己的腳。

As you sow, so shall you reap.
種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆。

A thousand friends are few, one enemy is too many.
朋友千人尚覺少,仇敵一人猶嫌多。

A tooth for a tooth, and an eye for an eye.
以牙還牙,以眼還眼

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