【正文】 st be carried steadily. 杯滿盈，須持穩(wěn)。
　　A good anvil does not fear the hammer. 好砧不怕錘。
　　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 promise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃虧的和解也比勝訴強(qiáng)。
　　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(xí)慣像鮮餡餅，分食要比保存好。
　　A bad padlock invites a picklock. 開門揖盜。
　　A bad penny always turns up. 爛錢總是會再回籠。
　　A bad thing never dies. 壞事傳千年。
　　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。
　　A beggar’s purse is bottomless. 乞丐的錢袋是無底洞。
　　A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。
　　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. 什么鳥唱什么歌。
　　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 lookingglass. 秋波送盲，白費(fèi)癡情。
　　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。
　　Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 相聚愛益切，離別情更深。
　　A burden of one’s choice is not felt. 自己選的擔(dān)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 may look at a king. 貓也有權(quán)晉見國王。
　　A cat has nine lives. 貓有九條命。
　　Accidents will happen. 天有不測風(fēng)云。
　　A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 鏈條的堅固程度取決于它最薄弱的環(huán)節(jié)。
　　A change of work is as good as a rest. 調(diào)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. 身正不怕影子斜。
　　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 mon danger causes mon action. 同仇敵愾。
　　A constant guest is never wele. 久住非佳賓，常來不歡迎。
　　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。
　　Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行動是知識的巧果。
　　Actions speak louder than words. 事實勝于雄辯。
　　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。
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