2. Bad news has wings. 壞事傳千裏。
3. Bad workmen often blame their tools. 拙匠常怪工具差。
4. Bare words, no bargain. 空言不能成交易。
5. Barking dogs seldom bite. 善吠的狗很少咬人。
6. Be always as merry as ever you can, for no-one delights in a sorrowful man. 務請心情常歡暢，只因無人喜憂傷。
7. Beauty is but a blossom. 美麗只是盛開的花朵。
8. Beauty is but skin-deep. 紅顏易變。
9. Beauty is in the eye of the gazer. 情人眼裏出西施。
10. Beauty is potent; but money is omnipotent. 美麗是有力量的，但金錢更有權威。
11. Beauty is truth, truth beauty. 美就是真，真就是美。
12. Beauty lies in lover's eyes. 情人眼裏出西施。
13. Beauty may have fair leaves, but bitter fruit. 美麗的花或許長好葉，結苦果。
14. Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume. 美而無德猶如花之無香。
15. Be considerate towards the poor. 要為窮人著想。
16. Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. 口蜜腹劍。
17. Bed is a midicine. 睡好覺，如服藥。
18. Before gold, even kings take off their hats. 有錢能使鬼推磨。
19. Beg from beggers and you'll never be rich. 向乞丐乞討，永遠發不了財。
20. Beggars cannot be choosers. 饑不擇食。
21. Beggars must be no choosers. 饑不擇食。
22. Behind bad luck comes good luck. 塞翁失馬，焉知非福。
23. Be honest rather clever. 誠實比聰明更要緊。
24. Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle. 隨遇而安。
25. Be just to all, but trust not all. 要公正對待所有的人，但不要輕信所有的人。
26. Believe no tales from the enemy. 切莫輕信敵人。
27. Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear. 眼見的不能全信，耳聞的也不能半信。
28. Believe somebody on his bare word. 人言無據，切勿輕信。
29. Benefits please like flowers, while they are fresh. 恩澤讓人欣喜，猶如鮮花使人心醉。
30. Be prepared to put one's hand in one's pocket. 準備慷慨解囊。
31. Be slow in choosing a friend; slower in changing. 選擇朋友要審慎，摒棄更要審又慎。
32. Be slow to promise and quick to perform. 不輕諾，諾必果。
33. Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 多聽少說。
34. Better a bachelor's life than a slovenly wife. 過光棍生活，勝過有壹個邋遢老婆。
35. Better ask twice than lose you way once. 寧願問路兩次勝過迷路壹次。
36. Better a glorious death than a shameful life. 忍辱貪生不如死得光榮。
37. Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us. 適量的火好取暖，熊熊烈火能焚身。
38. Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 前程雖遠大，現實尤可貴。
39. Better an empty purse than an empty head. 寧可錢袋癟，不要腦袋空。
40. Better an open enemy than a false friend. 明槍易躲，暗箭難防。
41. Better are small fish than an empty dish. 有勝於無。
42. Better be alone than in bad company. 交損友不如無友。
43. Better be out of the world than out of fashion. 不合潮流不如脫離塵世。
44. Better be poor than wicked. 寧可做窮人，不要做壞人。
45. Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 寧為犬首，不作獅尾。
46. Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse. 寧為驢頭，不為馬尾。
47. Better deny at once than promise long. 輕諾必寡信。
48. Better die with honour than live with shame. 與其忍辱偷生，不如光榮而死。
49. better early than late. 寧早勿遲。
50. Better eye sore than all blind. 眼痛總比瞎眼好。
51. Better good neighbours near than relations far away. 遠親不如近鄰。
52. Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt. 寧可餓肚子，切莫去借債。
53. Better half an egg than empty shell. 半只蛋也比空殼好。
54. Better is the neighbour's hen than mine. 人莫知其苗之碩。
55. Better late than never. 遲做總比不做好。
56. Better lose a jest than a friend. 寧可不說壹句俏皮話，以免得罪朋友們。
57. Better lose the saddle than the horse. 吃小虧占大便宜。
58. Better master one than engage with ten. 精通壹事勝於會十事。
59. Better one-eyed than stone-blind. 獨眼總比全瞎好。
60. Better poor with honour than rich with shame. 窮得光榮，勝過富得可恥。
61. Better pills may have wholesome effects. 良藥苦口。
62. Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose. 與其說話不中肯，不如壹言不發好。
63. Better some of a pudding than none of a pie. 聊勝於無。
64. Better the foot slip than the tongue trip. 寧可滑跤，不可失言。
65. Better to do well than to say well. 說得好不如做得好。
66. Better wear out shoes than sheets. 寧可(經常運動)穿破鞋子，也不(因病長臥)磨破床單。
67. Better wear out than rust out. 與其閑散不如忙碌。
68. Better wit than wealth. 智力勝於財富。
69. Between friends all is common. 朋友之間不分彼此。
70. Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip. 功虧壹簣。
71. Between two stools one falls to the ground. 腳踏兩頭要落空。
72. Beware beginnings. 慎始為上。
73. Beware of a man of one book. 不要與壹個有專業知識的人爭論。
74. Beware of a silent dog and still water. 警惕無聲之狗會咬人，平靜之水會覆舟。
75. Beware of him who regards not his reputation. 要謹防不重自己名譽的人。
76. Big mouthfuls ofter choke. 貪多嚼不爛。
77. Bind the sack before it be full. 做事應適可而止。
78. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚，人以群分。
79. Birth is much, but breeding is more. 出身固然重要，教養更且重要。
80. Bite off more than one can chew. 貪多咽不下。
81. Bite the hand that feeds one. 恩將仇報。
82. Bitter pills may have wholesome effects. 良藥苦口利於病。
83. Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. 人無所求最享福，因他不為失望苦。
84. Blind men can judge no colours. 不宜問道於盲。
85. Blood is thicker than water. 血濃於水。
86. Blood will have blood. 血債要用血來還。
87. Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. 書籍如朋友，應該少而精。
88. Borrowed garments never fit well. 借來的衣服不合身。
89. Brave actions never want a trumpet. 勇敢的行為不須要吹號。
90. Bread is the staff of life. 民以食為天。
91. Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以簡潔為貴。
92. Bring up a raven and he'll pick out your eyes. 養虎貽患。
93. Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse. 投鼠忌器。
94. Burnt child dreads the fire. 壹朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
95. Business before pleasure. 事業在先，享樂在後。
96. Business is business. 公事公辦。
97. Business is the salt of life. 事業事人生之鹽。
98. Business makes a man as well as tries him. 事業既考驗人，也造就人。
99. Business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious. 事業雖擾煩，懶惰更害人。
100. Business neglected is business lost. 玩忽事業等於丟失事業。
101. Business sweetens pleasure, and labour sweetens rest. 工作後消遣更愉快，勞動後休息更舒暢。
102. Butter to butter is no relish. 千篇壹律的東西令人生厭。
103. By doing nothing we learn to do ill. 懶散學為非。
104. By doing we learn. 經壹事，長壹智。
105. By falling we learn to go safely. 吃壹塹，長壹智。
106. By gambling we lose both time and treasure, two things most precious to the life of man. 賭博使我們丟失時間和金錢，這兩樣人生最珍貴的東西。
107. By other's faults, wise men correct their own. 他山之石，可以攻玉。
108. By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it. 讀書可以使我門的思想充實，談話使其更臻完美。
109. By the hands of many a great work made light. 眾擎易舉。
110. By the side of sickness health becomes sweet. 和疾病相比較，才顯得健康的可貴。
111. By the street of "Bye and bye" one arrives at the house of "Never". 遷延因循，壹事無成。
112. By writing you learn to write. 從寫作中學寫作。
Danger is next neighbour to security. 危險是安全的近鄰。
Danger itself is the best remedy for danger. 危險本身就是對付危險的最好辦法。
Dead men tell no tales. 死人不會搬弄是非。
Death is the grand leveller. 凡人都要死，大家都壹樣。
Death meets us everywhere. 死亡到處和我門相遇。
Death pays all debts. 人死百債了。
Death when it comes will have no denial. 死亡來臨時，無可抗拒之。
Deeds, no words. 不要光說不練。
Debt is better than death. 負債總比死亡強。
Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves. 行動是果實，言語只是樹葉而已。
Deeds are males, and words are females. 言柔弱無能，行剛強有力。
Deep rivers move in silence, shallow brooks are noisy. 深水靜靜流，淺溪潺潺流。
Delays are dangerous. 坐失良機必有憂患。
Deliberate before you begin, then execute with vigour. 著手前要深思熟慮，執行要果斷有力。
Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action. 考慮要仔細，行動要迅速。
Deliberating is not delaying. 慎思不是拖延。
Deliver not your words by number but by weight. 言不在多，而在有物。
Depend on others and you always repent. 依靠別人總要後悔。
Despair gives courage to a coward. 人急造反，狗急跳墻。
Destruction pursues the great. 樹大招風。
Devil must be driven out with devils. 以毒攻毒。
Dexterity comes by experience. 熟練來自經驗。
Diamond cut diamond. 強中更有強中手。
Diet cures more than the doctor. 藥補不如食補。
Diligence is near success. 勤奮近乎成功。
Diligence is the mother of good luck. 刻苦是成功之母。
Diligence is the mother of success. 勤奮是成功之母。
Discontent is the first step in progress. 不知足是前進中的第壹步。
Discretion is the better part of valour. 小心即大勇。
Disease, enemy, and debt --these three must be cut off as soon as they begin to grow. 病，仇與債這三者，壹露苗頭就砍掉。
Disease of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body. 心靈上的疾病比肉體上的疾病更危險。
Diseases are the price of ill pleasures. 疾病是不正當娛樂的代價。
Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot. 病來如山倒，病去如抽絲。
Disgraced may be he who thinks ill. 心懷不端的人是可恥的。
Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee. 為眾之所為，受眾之所誇。
Do as the Romans do(or Do as they do at Rome). 入鄉要隨俗。
Do as you would be done by. 推己及人。
Do business, but be not a slave to it. 要做事，但不要做事務的奴隸。
Dog does not eat dog. 物不傷其類。
Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand. 遠處叫得兇的狗，不會近身來咬人。
Dogs that run after many hares kill none. 多謀寡成。
Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread. 狗搖尾巴，愛的是面包。
Doing is better than saying. 行勝於言。
Do in Rome as the Romans do. 入鄉隨俗。
Do not all you can, spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all youknow. 不要為所能為，不要花盡所有，不要全信所聞，不要言盡所知。
Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade. 不要忘恩負義。
Do not despise your enemy. 萬勿輕敵。
Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail. 不要有求必應。
Do not praise a day before sunset. 切勿褒貶過早。
Do not run too fast after gain. 不要見利就拼命追。
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself. 不要向不如妳幸運的人述說妳的幸福。
Do not swap horses when crossing a stream. 處在危難中，不宜大更動。
Do no through fear of poverty surrender liberty. 不要因為怕貧苦而放棄自由。
Do not to others what you do not wish them to do to you. 己所不欲，勿施於人。
Do not wash dirty linen in public. 家醜不可外揚。
Don't cast out the foul water till you bring in the clean. 清水未來，莫潑贓水。
Don't count your chicken before they are hatched. 不要過早樂觀。
Don't climb a tree to look for fish. 勿緣木求魚。
Don't cross the bridge till you get to it. 不要杞人憂天。
Don't fly till you wings are feathered. 羽毛未豐不要飛。
Don't cry out before you are hurt. 還沒受苦，就別叫苦。
Don't halloo till you are out of the wood. 沒有脫離危險不要先歡呼。
Don't have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain. 切莫臨時抱佛腳。
Don't keep all your eggs in one basketball.勿孤註壹擲。
Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日畢。
Don't speak all you know, but know all you speak. 不要盡言所知，而要盡知所言。
Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 休要班門弄斧。
Don't throw out your dirty water before you get in fresh. 清水未打來，贓水莫倒掉。
Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自尋煩惱。
Don't whistle until you are out of the wood. 沒有脫離險境，不要過早高興。
Do one's level best. 盡力而為。
Dot the i's and cross the t's. 壹點壹劃，循規蹈矩。
Doubt is the key of knowledge. 懷疑乃知識的鑰匙。
Do well is better than say well. 說得好不如做得好。
Downy lips make thoughtless slips. 嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢。
Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed. 事未齊備，切莫妄動。
Draw water with a sieve. 竹籃子打水壹場空。
Dream are lies. 夢不足信。
Dreams go by contraries. 夢想總與現實相反。
Drive your business, do not let it drive you. 要推動事業，不要讓事業來推動妳。
Drop by drop the oceans are filled; stone by stone the walls are built. 滴水匯大海，壘石誅高墻。
Drowning man will catch at a straw. 溺水的人壹根草也要抓。
Drunken days have all their tomorrows. 今日花天酒地，明日潦倒窮途。
Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals. 酒後露真言。
Dumb dogs are dangerous. 啞犬最兇惡。
Dying is as natural as living. 死亡與生存壹樣自然。