感受智慧箴言
Bacchus has drowned more men than Nereus.
酒神淹死的人比海神多。
Bad news has wings.
坏事传千里。
Bad workmen often blame their tools.
拙匠常怪工具差。
Bare words， no bargain.
空言不能成交易。
Barking dogs seldom bite.
善吠的狗很少咬人。
Be always as merry as ever you can， for no one delights in a sorrowful man.
务请心情常欢畅，只因无人喜忧伤。
Beauty is but a blossom.
美丽只是盛开的花朵。
Beauty is but skindeep.
红颜易变。
Beauty is in the eye of the gazer.
情人眼里出西施。
Beauty is potent，but money is omnipotent.
美丽是有力量的，但金钱却无所不能。
Beauty is truth， truth is beauty.
美就是真，真就是美。
Beauty lies in lovers eyes.
情人眼里出西施。
Beauty may have fair leaves， but bitter fruit.
美丽的花或许长好叶，却结苦果。
Beauty， unaccompanied by virtue， is as a flower without perfume.
美而无德犹如花之无香。
Be considerate towards the poor.
要为穷人着想。
Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings intheir tails.
口蜜腹剑。
Before gold， even kings take off their hats.
有钱能使鬼推磨。
Beggars cannot be choosers.
饥不择食。
Beggars must be no choosers.
饥不择食。
Behind bad luck comes good luck.
否极泰来。
Be honest rather clever.
诚实比聪明更重要。
Being on sea， sail； being on land， settle.
随遇而安。
Be just to all， but trust not all.
公平地对待所有的人，但不要轻信所有的人。
Believe no tales from the enemy.
切莫轻信敌人。
Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.
眼见的不能全信，耳闻的不能半信。
Believe somebody on his bare word.
人言无据，切勿轻信。
Benefits please like flowers， while they are fresh.
恩泽让人欣喜，犹如鲜花使人心醉。
Be prepared to put ones hand in ones pocket.
慷慨解囊。
Be slow in choosing a friend； slower in changing.
选择朋友要审慎，摒弃更要慎重。
Be slow to promise and quick to perform.
言出必行。
Be swift to hear， slow to speak.
多听少说。
Better a bachelors life than a slovenly wife.
过光棍生活，胜过有一个邋遢老婆。
Better a glorious death than a shameful life.
宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。
Better a little fire to warm us， than a great one to burn us.
适量的火好取暖，熊熊烈火能焚身。
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
前程虽远大，现实尤可贵。
Better an empty purse than an empty head.
宁可钱袋瘪，不能脑袋空。
Better an open enemy than a false friend.
明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
Better are small fish than an empty dish.
聊胜于无。
Better be alone than in bad company.
交损友不如无友。
Better be out of the world than out of fashion.
不合潮流不如脱离尘世。
Better be poor than wicked.
宁可做穷人，不要做坏人。
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
宁为鸡头，不为凤尾。
Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse.
宁为鸡头，不为凤尾。
Better deny at once than promise long.
长痛不如短痛。
Better die with honour than live with shame.
宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。
Better eye sore than all blind.
眼痛总比瞎眼好。
Better good neighbours near than relations far away.
远亲不如近邻。
Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt.
宁可饿肚子，切莫去借债。
Better half an egg than empty shell.
聊胜于无。
Better late than never.
迟做总比不做好。
Better lose a jest than a friend.
宁可不说一句俏皮话，以免得罪朋友们。
Better master one than engage with ten.
精通一事胜于会十事。
Better oneeyed than stoneblind.
独眼总比全瞎好。
Better poor with honour than rich with shame.
穷得光荣胜过富得可耻。
Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.
与其说话不中肯，不如一言不发好。
Better some of a pudding than none of a pie.
聊胜于无。
Better the foot slip than the tongue trip.
宁可滑跤，不可失言。
Better to do well than to say well.
说得好不如做得好。
Better wear out than rust out.
与其闲散不如忙碌。
Better wit than wealth.
智慧胜财富。
Between friends all is common.
朋友之间不分彼此。
Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.
功亏一篑。
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
一心不能二用。
Beware be ginnings.
慎始为上。
Beware of a man of one book.
不要与行家争论。
Beware of a silent dog and still water.
无声之狗会咬人，平静之水能覆舟。
Beware of him who regards not his reputation.
要谨防不重自己名誉的人。
Big mouthfuls often choke.
贪多嚼不烂。
Bind the sack before it be full.
适可而止。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分。
Birth is much， but breeding is more.
出身固然重要，教养更重要。
Bite off more than one can chew.
贪多咽不下。
Bite the hand that feeds one.
恩将仇报。
Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.
良药苦口利于病。
Blessed is he who expects nothing， for he shall never be disappointed.
人无所求最享福，因他不为失望苦。
Blind men can judge no colours.
不宜问道于盲。
Blood is thicker than water.
血浓于水。
Blood will have blood.
血债要用血来还。
Books， like friends， should be few and well chosen.
书籍如朋友，应该少而精。
Borrowed garments never fit well.
借来的衣服不合身。
Brave actions never want a trumpet.
勇敢的行为不需要吹号。
Bread is the staff of life.
民以食为天。
Brevity is the soul of wit.
言贵简。
Bring up a raven and hell pick out your eyes.
养虎贻患。
Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.
投鼠忌器。
Business before pleasure.
事业在先，享乐在后。
Business is business.
公事公办。
Business is the salt of life.
事业是人生第一需要。
Business makes a man as well as tries him.
事业既考验人，也造就人。
Business may be troublesome， but idleness is pernicious.
事业虽繁忙，懒惰更害人。
Business neglected is business lost.
玩忽职守等于丢失事业。
Business sweetens pleasure， and labour sweetens rest.
工作后消遣更愉快，劳动后休息更舒畅。
Butter to butter is no relish.
千篇一律的东西令人生厌。
By doing nothing we learn to do ill.
懒惰使人学坏。
By doing we learn.
经一事，长一智。
By falling we learn to go safely.
吃一堑，长一智。
By gambling we lose both time and treasure， two things most precious to the life of man.
赌博使我们失去时间和金钱这两种宝贵的东西。
By others faults， wise men correct their own.
他山之石，可以攻玉。
By reading we enrich the mind； by conversation we polish it.
读书可以使我们的思想充实，谈话使其更臻完美。
By the hands of many a great work made light.
众人拾柴火焰高。
By the side of sickness health becomes sweet.
和疾病相比较，才显得健康的可贵。
By the street of “Bye andbye” one arrives at the house of “Never”.
迁延因循，一事无成。
By writing you learn to write.
从写作中学写作。