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(wú)草姻。
A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃虧的和解也比勝訴強(qiáng)棠耕。
A bad conscience is a snake in one''s heart. 做賊心虛湖员。
A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 壞習(xí)慣像鮮餡餅智哀，分食要比保存好留美。
A bad padlock invites a picklock. 開(kāi)門揖盜拇颅。
A bad penny always turns up.
A bad thing never dies. 壞事傳千年奏司。
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(dá)成的協(xié)議不可撕毀樟插。
A beggar''s purse is bottomless. 乞丐的錢袋是無(wú)底洞韵洋。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手竿刁。
A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 聞其歌知其鳥，聽(tīng)其言知其人搪缨。
A bird may be known by its song. 什么鳥唱什么歌食拜。
A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. 略有勝于全無(wú)。
A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it''s the boundary of the world. 坐井觀天勉吻。
Jest with an ass and he will flap you in the face with his tail. 你跟驢子開(kāi)玩笑监婶，將被驢尾打耳光。
Joy and sorrow are next-door neighbours. 是喜是憂難以分齿桃。
Joy often comes after sorrow, like morning after night. 暮去必將朝至惑惶，苦盡常會(huì)甜來(lái)。
Joy put heart into a man. 人逢喜事精神爽短纵。
Joy shared with others are more enjoyed. 與人同樂(lè)带污，其樂(lè)無(wú)窮。
Jadge not a book by its cover. 人不可貌相香到。
Judge not according to the appearance. 不要以貌取人鱼冀。
Judge not of men and things at first sight. 審人論事宜謹(jǐn)慎，一見(jiàn)之下莫斷定悠就。
Justice has long arms. 天網(wǎng)恢恢千绪，疏而不漏。
Labour is light where love doth pay. 愛(ài)情作酬報(bào)梗脾，勞苦必輕松荸型。
Labour is often the father of pleasure. 勤勞常為快樂(lè)之源。
Labour is the capital of our working men. 勞動(dòng)力是勞動(dòng)人民的資本炸茧。
Lack of knowledge is darker than night. 沒(méi)有知識(shí)比黑夜還要黑瑞妇。
Late repentance is seldom true. 后悔少有誠(chéng)意。
Laugh and grow fat. 心寬體胖梭冠。
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone. 你笑辕狰，人人陪你笑；你哭控漠，惟獨(dú)你自哭蔓倍。
Laugh at your ills, And save doctors'' bills. 生病不憂慮，節(jié)省醫(yī)藥費(fèi)盐捷。
Laugh before breakfast you''ll cry before supper. 樂(lè)極生悲柬脸。
Law makers should not be law breakers. 正人先正己。
Laws catch flies but let hornets go free. 法網(wǎng)只捉蒼蠅毙驯，不捉黃蜂倒堕。
Lawsuits consume time, and money, and rest, and friends. 訴訟將消耗時(shí)間、金錢爆价、休息和失去朋友垦巴。
Lazy folks take the most pains. 懶漢多吃苦媳搪。
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age. 學(xué)問(wèn)在得意時(shí)是裝飾品，失意時(shí)是庇護(hù)所骤宣，年老時(shí)是供應(yīng)品秦爆。
Learning is wealth to the poor, an honour to the rich, an aid to the young, and a support and comfort to the aged. 學(xué)問(wèn)是窮人的財(cái)富，是富人的榮譽(yù)憔披，是青年的幫助等限，是老年的支持和安慰。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse. 知識(shí)能使好人更好芬膝，壞人更壞望门。
Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous. 學(xué)而不思則罔，思而不學(xué)則殆锰霜。
Learn to creep before you leap. 循序漸進(jìn)筹误。
Learn to say before you sing. 按部就班。
Learn to suffer without complaining; that is the best thing I can teach you. 要學(xué)會(huì)受痛苦而不怨癣缅，這是我教你的至要之事厨剪。
Learn to walk before you run. 循序漸進(jìn)。
Learn wisdom by the follies of others. 要從別人的愚行中學(xué)到聰明友存。
Learn young, learn fair. 學(xué)習(xí)趁年輕祷膳，既學(xué)就學(xué)好。
Least said, soonest mended. 多說(shuō)反壞事屡立。
Lend your money and lose your friend. 賠了夫人又折兵直晨。
Let beggars match with beggars. 龍配龍，鳳配鳳侠驯。
Let bygones be bygones. 既往不昝。
Let difficulties occur but not the loss of courage. 縱使困難重重奕巍，也不喪失勇氣吟策。
Let every man praise the bridge he goes over. 飲水思源。
Let every man speak well of the bridge theat carries him over. 飲水思源的止。
Let every tub stand on its own bottom. 各人管各人自己檩坚。
Let not the cobbler go beyond his last. 安分守己。
Let not the sun go down upon thy wrath. 日落之前诅福，平息你的怒火吧匾委。
Let our object be our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country. 我們的心目中要有國(guó)家，要有整個(gè)國(guó)家氓润，而且只有我們的國(guó)家別如其他赂乐。
Let''s cross the bridge when we come to it. 既來(lái)之，則安之咖气。
