經典流行語的經典英文翻譯

1．記住該記住的，忘記該忘記的。改變能改變的，接受不能改變的
      Remember what should be remembered, and forget what should be forgotten. Alter what is changeable, and accept what is mutable.
2．能沖刷一切的除了眼淚，就是時間，以時間來推移感情，時間越長，沖突越淡，仿佛不斷稀釋的茶
      Apart from tears, only time could wear everything away. While feeling is being processed by time, conflicts would be reconciled as time goes by, just like a cup of tea that is being continuously diluted.
3．怨言是上天得至人類最大的供物，也是人類禱告中最真誠的部分
      Complaints are the greatest offerings that God obtains from human beings, as well as the most faithful prayers human beings might utter to God.
4．智慧的代價是矛盾。這是人生對人生觀開的玩笑。
      Wisdom appears in contradiction to itself, which is a trick life plays on philosophy of life.
5．世上的姑娘總以為自己是驕傲的公主（除了少數極丑和少數極聰明的姑娘例外）
      Girls always look on themselves as proud princesses, with the exception of a small number of either extremely ugly or exceedingly smart ones.
6．如果敵人讓你生氣，那說明你還沒有勝他的把握
      It can be inferred that you lack confidence in a victory over your rivals from the fact that you’re irritable against them.
7．如果朋友讓你生氣，那說明你仍然在意他的友情
      From that you would get angry with your friends, we can conclude you sitll care about the friendship between you.
8．令狐沖說“有些事情本身我們無法控制，只好控制自己。” 可是，他算什么！！
    “ Something is out of our control, so we have to command ourselves.“ said Linghu Chong, aknown character in a Chinese novel about persons adept in martial arts(武俠小說？）. Who is, however, fucking he?
9．我不知道我現在做的哪些是對的，那些是錯的，而當我終于老死的時候我才知道這些。所以我現在所能做的就是盡力做好每一件事，然后等待著老死。
      Only till my natural death.could I tell which of what I have been doing is right or wrong, so now I have to try to do well in everything, and then wait to die a natural death.
10．也許有些人很可惡，有些人很卑鄙。而當我設身為他想象的時候，我才知道：他比我還可憐。所以請原諒所有你見過的人，好人或者壞人
       Some may be wicked, and some may be despicable. Only when I put myself in their positiondid I know they are more miserable than I. So forgive all that you have met, no matter what kind of persons they are.
11．魚對水說你看不到我的眼淚，因為我在水里．水說我能感覺到你的眼淚，因為你在我心里。
      “You couldn’t see my tears cause I am in the water.“ Fish said to water.
       “But I could feel your tears cause you are in me.“ Answered water.
12．快樂要有悲傷作陪，雨過應該就有天晴。如果雨后還是雨，如果憂傷之后還是憂傷．請讓我們從容面對這離別之后的離別。微笑地去尋找一個不可能出現的你！
        Happiness is accompanied by sorrow, and it would turn sunny after rain as well. If rain remains after rain and sorrow remains after sorrow, please takethose farewells easy, and turn to smilingly look for yourself who is never to appear.
13．死亡教會人一切，如同考試之后公布的結果？？雖然恍然大悟，但為時晚矣！
        Like the outcome after an exam, death makes us aware of anything, That is, it’s too late to take a tumble.
14．你出生的時候，你哭著，周圍的人笑著；你逝去的時候，你笑著，而周圍的人在哭！
       When you were born, you’re crying but lookers-on were smiling. When you are passing away, you’re smiling but lookers-on are crying.
15．男人在結婚前覺得適合自己的女人很少，結婚后覺得適合自己的女人很多
       Man might think that few women fit him before his marriage, and contrarily when they get married.
16．于千萬人之中，遇見你所遇見的人；于千萬年之中，時間的無涯荒野里，沒有早一步，也沒有晚一步，剛巧趕上了
        Among thousands of people, you meet those you’ve met. Through thousands of years, with the boundlessness of time, you happen to meet them, neither earlier nor a bit too late.
17．每個人都有潛在的能量，只是很容易:被習慣所掩蓋，被時間所迷離,被惰性所消磨.
        Everyone has his inherent ability( power or capacity?) whichis easily concealed by habbits, blurred by time, and eroded by laziness( or inertia?).
18．人生短短幾十年，不要給自己留下了什么遺憾，想笑就笑，想哭就哭，該愛的時候就去愛，無謂壓抑自己
       Be sure that you have never had any regrets in your life whichonly lasts for a few decades. Laugh or cry as you like, and it‘s meaningless to oppress yourself.
19．《和平年代》里的話：當幻想和現實面對時，總是很痛苦的。要么你被痛苦擊倒，要么你把痛苦踩在腳下
        While our dream is confronted with the reality, you always feel painful. Just trample on the pain, or you‘ll be beat down by it.
20．真正的愛情是不講究熱鬧不講究排場不講究繁華更不講究嚎頭的
        A true love is what doesn‘t strive for busyness, for extravagance, for luxury, and moreover for hokum.
21．生命中，不斷地有人離開或進入。于是，看見的，看不見了；記住的，遺忘了。生命中，不斷地有得到和失落。于是，看不見的，看見了；遺忘的，記住了。然而，看不見的，是不是就等于不存在？記住的，是不是永遠不會消失？
        There is someone that is coming or passing away in your life around the clock, so you may lose sight of those seen, and forget those remembered. There is gain and loss in your life, so you may catch sight of those unseen, and remember those forgotten. Nevertheless, doesn‘t the unseen exist for sure? Will the remembered remain for ever?
22．我們確實活得艱難，一要承受種種外部的壓力，更要面對自己內心的困惑。在苦苦掙扎中，如果有人向你投以理解的目光，你會感到一種生命的暖意，或許僅有短暫的一瞥，就足以使我感奮不已。
        It‘s true that we have been leading a difficult life, for we neednot only to be under various external pressures, but also to bein the face of internal perplexities.You would be affected by the warmth of life if someone gives you a understanding look during your bitter struggle.Even a mere glance would make you moved and inpired.
23．我不去想是否能夠成功,既然選擇了遠方,便只顧風雨兼程；我不去想,身后會不會襲來寒風冷雨,既然目標是地平線,留給世界的只能是背影.
        I wouldn‘t care success or failure, for I will only struggle ahead as long as I have been destined to the distance. I wouldn‘t care the difficulties around, for what I can leave on the earth is only their view of my back since I have been marching toward the horizontal.
24．后悔是一種耗費精神的情緒.后悔是比損失更大的損失,比錯誤更大的錯誤.所以不要后悔
       Penitence is something that enervates our spirit, causing a greater loss than loss itself and making a bigger mistake than mistake itself, so never regret.
◆　The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss. (Thomas Carlyle, British essayist and historian)
        生活的悲劇不在于人們受到多少苦，而在于人們錯過了什么。(英國散文家、歷史學家卡萊爾T)
◆ The very remembrance of my former misfortune proves a new one to me. (Miguel de Cervantes,Spanish writer)
      對于過去不幸的記憶，構成了新不幸。(西班牙作家塞萬提斯M)
◆　Tough--minded optimists approach problems with a can-dophilosophy and emerge stronger from tragedies. (Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Ancient Roman Philosopher)
        意志堅強的樂觀主義者用“世上無難事”人生觀來思考問題，越是遭受悲劇打擊，越是表現得堅強。(古羅馬哲學家西尼加L A)
◆　Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.(H.J.Kaier, American businessman)
        困難只是穿上工作服的機遇。(美國實業家凱澤H J)
◆　We have all sufficient strength to endure the misfortunes of others. (La Rochefoucauld, French writer)
        我們都有足夠的力量來忍受別人的不幸。(法國作家拉羅什富科)
◆　We shall defend ourselves to the last breath of man and beast.(William II, King of England )
        只要一息尚存，我們就要為保衛自己而戰。(英國皇帝威廉二世)
        Morality is not really the doctrine of how to make ourselves happy but of how we are to be worthy of happiness. (Immanuel Kant, German Philosopher)
       道德確實不是指導人們如何使自己幸福的教條，而是指導人們如何配享有幸福的學說。(德國哲學家康德.I.)
       Morality is the custom of one's country; cannibalism is moral in a cannibal country. (Samuel Brttler, British writer)
       道德是一個人所在國家的風俗習慣：在吃人的國家里，吃人是合乎道德的。(英國作家勃特勒.S.)
       Morality is the herd instinct in the individual. (German Philosopher)
       道德是個人心目中的群居本能。(德國哲學家尼采.F.)
       Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. (Leon Nlum, French statesman)
       道德可能僅僅在于有勇氣作出抉擇。(法國政治家布魯姆.L.)
       Mutual forgiveness of each vice, such are the gates of Paradise . (William Black, British poet)
       相互寬容對方的缺點，乃是通向天堂之門。(英國詩人布萊克.W.)
       No mourality can be foundedon authority, even if the authouitywere divine. (A. J. Ayer. USA writer)
       道德不可能建立在權威的基礎上，即使這種權威是至高無上的。(美國作家艾爾.A.J.)
       Nothing is easier than to deceive one's self. (Demothenes,Ancient Greek statesman)
       再沒有什么比欺騙自己更容易的了。(古然希臘政治家德摩西尼)
       Personality is to man what perfume is to a flower. (C C Schwab. US A Businessman)
       品格之于人，猶如芳香之于花。(美國實業家施瓦布C .C.)
       Plain living and high thinking. (william Wordsworth, British poet)
       生活要樸素，情操要高尚。(英國詩人德萊頓.，J)
       Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. (william shakewspeare British dramatist)
       如果送禮的人不是出于真心，再貴重的禮物也會失去它的價值。(英國劇作家莎士比亞. W)
       There is , however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. (E Burke, British statesman)
       克制也有個限度，超過了限度就不再是美德。(美國政治家伯克. E.)
       Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. (William shakespeare, British dramatist)
       美德是勇敢的，善良從來無所畏懼。(英國劇作家莎士比亞. W.)
       We all tell lies——little lies, big lies, necessity lies in order to insure social and psychological peace and comfort. (Howard Mel, USA writer)
       所有的人說的謊——小謊、大謊、善意的謊——都是為確保社會安寧、心理舒適采取的必要手段。(美國作家梅爾，H.)
       We know the good, we apprehend it clearly, but we can't bring it to achievement. To persevere, trusting in what hopeshe has, is courage in a man. (Euripides , ancient Creek dramatist.)
       我們懂得善，我們理解善，但是我們無法實現善。人的勇氣就是堅信自己的希望能夠實現，并為之進行不屈不撓的努力。(法國作家賴奇特J. P)
       Wherever true valor is found, true modesty will there abound. (William Gillbert, British dramatist and poet)
       真正的勇敢，都包含謙虛。(英國劇作家、詩人吉爾伯特.W.)
       Words may be false and full of arts ,sighs are the natural language of the heart. (Thomas Shadwell, British dramatist)
       言語可以是謊言并帶有技巧；嘆息才是心靈的自然流露。(英國劇作家沙德韋爾.T.)
1 Be honest rather clever.     誠實比聰明更要緊。
      2 Being on sea, sail; being onland, settle.   隨遇而安。
      3 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。
      4 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。
      5 Be slow to promise and quick to perform.       不輕諾，諾必果。
      6 Be swift to hear, slow to speak.        多聽少說。
7 Better an empty purse than an empty head.寧可錢袋癟，不要腦袋空。
8 Better an open enemy than a false friend.明槍易躲，暗箭難防。
9 Better good neighbors near than relations far away.   遠親不如近鄰。
10 Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.        功虧一簣。
11 Between two stools one falls to the ground.腳踏兩頭要落空。
12 Beware beginnings.     慎始為上。
13 Big mouthfuls ofter choke.           貪多嚼不爛。
14 Bind the sack before it be full.        做事應適可而止。
15 Birds of a feather flock together.       物以類聚，人以群分。
16 Birth is much, but breeding is more.    出身固然重要，教養更且重要。
17 Bite off more than one can chew.      貪多咽不下。
18 Bite the hand that feeds one.             恩將仇報。
19 Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.    良藥苦口利于病。
20 Blind men can judge no colours.         不宜問道於盲。
21 Blood is thicker than water.           血濃于水。
22 Bread is the staff of life.              民以食為天。
23 Brevity is the soul of wit.             言以簡潔為貴。
24 Bring up a raven and he'll pickout your eyes.        養虎貽患。
25 Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.          投鼠忌器。
26 Burnt child dreads the fire.           一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
27 Business before pleasure.            事業在先，享樂在後。
28 Business is business.                 公事公辦。
29 By doing we learn.                  經一事，長一智。
30 By falling we learn to go safely.       吃一塹，長一智。
31 By other's faults, wise men correct their own.       他山之石，可以攻玉。
32 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.

1．記住該記住的，忘記該忘記的。改變能改變的，接受不能改變的
      Remember what should be remembered, and forget what should be forgotten. Alter what is changeable, and accept what is mutable.
2．能沖刷一切的除了眼淚，就是時間，以時間來推移感情，時間越長，沖突越淡，仿佛不斷稀釋的茶
      Apart from tears, only time could wear everything away. While feeling is being processed by time, conflicts would be reconciled as time goes by, just like a cup of tea that is being continuously diluted.
3．怨言是上天得至人類最大的供物，也是人類禱告中最真誠的部分
      Complaints are the greatest offerings that God obtains from human beings, as well as the most faithful prayers human beings might utter to God.
4．智慧的代價是矛盾。這是人生對人生觀開的玩笑。
      Wisdom appears in contradiction to itself, which is a trick life plays on philosophy of life.
5．世上的姑娘總以為自己是驕傲的公主（除了少數極丑和少數極聰明的姑娘例外）
      Girls always look on themselves as proud princesses, with the exception of a small number of either extremely ugly or exceedingly smart ones.
6．如果敵人讓你生氣，那說明你還沒有勝他的把握
      It can be inferred that you lack confidence in a victory over your rivals from the fact that you’re irritable against them.
7．如果朋友讓你生氣，那說明你仍然在意他的友情
      From that you would get angry with your friends, we can conclude you sitll care about the friendship between you.
8．令狐沖說“有些事情本身我們無法控制，只好控制自己。” 可是，他算什么！！
    “ Something is out of our control, so we have to command ourselves.“ said Linghu Chong, aknown character in a Chinese novel about persons adept in martial arts(武俠小說？）. Who is, however, fucking he?
9．我不知道我現在做的哪些是對的，那些是錯的，而當我終于老死的時候我才知道這些。所以我現在所能做的就是盡力做好每一件事，然后等待著老死。
      Only till my natural death.could I tell which of what I have been doing is right or wrong, so now I have to try to do well in everything, and then wait to die a natural death.
10．也許有些人很可惡，有些人很卑鄙。而當我設身為他想象的時候，我才知道：他比我還可憐。所以請原諒所有你見過的人，好人或者壞人
       Some may be wicked, and some may be despicable. Only when I put myself in their positiondid I know they are more miserable than I. So forgive all that you have met, no matter what kind of persons they are.
11．魚對水說你看不到我的眼淚，因為我在水里．水說我能感覺到你的眼淚，因為你在我心里。
      “You couldn’t see my tears cause I am in the water.“ Fish said to water.
       “But I could feel your tears cause you are in me.“ Answered water.
12．快樂要有悲傷作陪，雨過應該就有天晴。如果雨后還是雨，如果憂傷之后還是憂傷．請讓我們從容面對這離別之后的離別。微笑地去尋找一個不可能出現的你！
        Happiness is accompanied by sorrow, and it would turn sunny after rain as well. If rain remains after rain and sorrow remains after sorrow, please takethose farewells easy, and turn to smilingly look for yourself who is never to appear.
13．死亡教會人一切，如同考試之后公布的結果？？雖然恍然大悟，但為時晚矣！
        Like the outcome after an exam, death makes us aware of anything, That is, it’s too late to take a tumble.
14．你出生的時候，你哭著，周圍的人笑著；你逝去的時候，你笑著，而周圍的人在哭！
       When you were born, you’re crying but lookers-on were smiling. When you are passing away, you’re smiling but lookers-on are crying.
15．男人在結婚前覺得適合自己的女人很少，結婚后覺得適合自己的女人很多
       Man might think that few women fit him before his marriage, and contrarily when they get married.
16．于千萬人之中，遇見你所遇見的人；于千萬年之中，時間的無涯荒野里，沒有早一步，也沒有晚一步，剛巧趕上了
        Among thousands of people, you meet those you’ve met. Through thousands of years, with the boundlessness of time, you happen to meet them, neither earlier nor a bit too late.
17．每個人都有潛在的能量，只是很容易:被習慣所掩蓋，被時間所迷離,被惰性所消磨.
        Everyone has his inherent ability( power or capacity?) whichis easily concealed by habbits, blurred by time, and eroded by laziness( or inertia?).
18．人生短短幾十年，不要給自己留下了什么遺憾，想笑就笑，想哭就哭，該愛的時候就去愛，無謂壓抑自己
       Be sure that you have never had any regrets in your life whichonly lasts for a few decades. Laugh or cry as you like, and it‘s meaningless to oppress yourself.
19．《和平年代》里的話：當幻想和現實面對時，總是很痛苦的。要么你被痛苦擊倒，要么你把痛苦踩在腳下
        While our dream is confronted with the reality, you always feel painful. Just trample on the pain, or you‘ll be beat down by it.
20．真正的愛情是不講究熱鬧不講究排場不講究繁華更不講究嚎頭的
        A true love is what doesn‘t strive for busyness, for extravagance, for luxury, and moreover for hokum.
21．生命中，不斷地有人離開或進入。于是，看見的，看不見了；記住的，遺忘了。生命中，不斷地有得到和失落。于是，看不見的，看見了；遺忘的，記住了。然而，看不見的，是不是就等于不存在？記住的，是不是永遠不會消失？
        There is someone that is coming or passing away in your life around the clock, so you may lose sight of those seen, and forget those remembered. There is gain and loss in your life, so you may catch sight of those unseen, and remember those forgotten. Nevertheless, doesn‘t the unseen exist for sure? Will the remembered remain for ever?
22．我們確實活得艱難，一要承受種種外部的壓力，更要面對自己內心的困惑。在苦苦掙扎中，如果有人向你投以理解的目光，你會感到一種生命的暖意，或許僅有短暫的一瞥，就足以使我感奮不已。
        It‘s true that we have been leading a difficult life, for we neednot only to be under various external pressures, but also to bein the face of internal perplexities.You would be affected by the warmth of life if someone gives you a understanding look during your bitter struggle.Even a mere glance would make you moved and inpired.
23．我不去想是否能夠成功,既然選擇了遠方,便只顧風雨兼程；我不去想,身后會不會襲來寒風冷雨,既然目標是地平線,留給世界的只能是背影.
        I wouldn‘t care success or failure, for I will only struggle ahead as long as I have been destined to the distance. I wouldn‘t care the difficulties around, for what I can leave on the earth is only their view of my back since I have been marching toward the horizontal.
24．后悔是一種耗費精神的情緒.后悔是比損失更大的損失,比錯誤更大的錯誤.所以不要后悔
       Penitence is something that enervates our spirit, causing a greater loss than loss itself and making a bigger mistake than mistake itself, so never regret.
◆　The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss. (Thomas Carlyle, British essayist and historian)
        生活的悲劇不在于人們受到多少苦，而在于人們錯過了什么。(英國散文家、歷史學家卡萊爾T)
◆ The very remembrance of my former misfortune proves a new one to me. (Miguel de Cervantes,Spanish writer)
      對于過去不幸的記憶，構成了新不幸。(西班牙作家塞萬提斯M)
◆　Tough--minded optimists approach problems with a can-dophilosophy and emerge stronger from tragedies. (Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Ancient Roman Philosopher)
        意志堅強的樂觀主義者用“世上無難事”人生觀來思考問題，越是遭受悲劇打擊，越是表現得堅強。(古羅馬哲學家西尼加L A)
◆　Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.(H.J.Kaier, American businessman)
        困難只是穿上工作服的機遇。(美國實業家凱澤H J)
◆　We have all sufficient strength to endure the misfortunes of others. (La Rochefoucauld, French writer)
        我們都有足夠的力量來忍受別人的不幸。(法國作家拉羅什富科)
◆　We shall defend ourselves to the last breath of man and beast.(William II, King of England )
        只要一息尚存，我們就要為保衛自己而戰。(英國皇帝威廉二世)
        Morality is not really the doctrine of how to make ourselves happy but of how we are to be worthy of happiness. (Immanuel Kant, German Philosopher)
       道德確實不是指導人們如何使自己幸福的教條，而是指導人們如何配享有幸福的學說。(德國哲學家康德.I.)
       Morality is the custom of one's country; cannibalism is moral in a cannibal country. (Samuel Brttler, British writer)
       道德是一個人所在國家的風俗習慣：在吃人的國家里，吃人是合乎道德的。(英國作家勃特勒.S.)
       Morality is the herd instinct in the individual. (German Philosopher)
       道德是個人心目中的群居本能。(德國哲學家尼采.F.)
       Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. (Leon Nlum, French statesman)
       道德可能僅僅在于有勇氣作出抉擇。(法國政治家布魯姆.L.)
       Mutual forgiveness of each vice, such are the gates of Paradise . (William Black, British poet)
       相互寬容對方的缺點，乃是通向天堂之門。(英國詩人布萊克.W.)
       No mourality can be foundedon authority, even if the authouitywere divine. (A. J. Ayer. USA writer)
       道德不可能建立在權威的基礎上，即使這種權威是至高無上的。(美國作家艾爾.A.J.)
       Nothing is easier than to deceive one's self. (Demothenes,Ancient Greek statesman)
       再沒有什么比欺騙自己更容易的了。(古然希臘政治家德摩西尼)
       Personality is to man what perfume is to a flower. (C C Schwab. US A Businessman)
       品格之于人，猶如芳香之于花。(美國實業家施瓦布C .C.)
       Plain living and high thinking. (william Wordsworth, British poet)
       生活要樸素，情操要高尚。(英國詩人德萊頓.，J)
       Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. (william shakewspeare British dramatist)
       如果送禮的人不是出于真心，再貴重的禮物也會失去它的價值。(英國劇作家莎士比亞. W)
       There is , however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. (E Burke, British statesman)
       克制也有個限度，超過了限度就不再是美德。(美國政治家伯克. E.)
       Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. (William shakespeare, British dramatist)
       美德是勇敢的，善良從來無所畏懼。(英國劇作家莎士比亞. W.)
       We all tell lies——little lies, big lies, necessity lies in order to insure social and psychological peace and comfort. (Howard Mel, USA writer)
       所有的人說的謊——小謊、大謊、善意的謊——都是為確保社會安寧、心理舒適采取的必要手段。(美國作家梅爾，H.)
       We know the good, we apprehend it clearly, but we can't bring it to achievement. To persevere, trusting in what hopeshe has, is courage in a man. (Euripides , ancient Creek dramatist.)
       我們懂得善，我們理解善，但是我們無法實現善。人的勇氣就是堅信自己的希望能夠實現，并為之進行不屈不撓的努力。(法國作家賴奇特J. P)
       Wherever true valor is found, true modesty will there abound. (William Gillbert, British dramatist and poet)
       真正的勇敢，都包含謙虛。(英國劇作家、詩人吉爾伯特.W.)
       Words may be false and full of arts ,sighs are the natural language of the heart. (Thomas Shadwell, British dramatist)
       言語可以是謊言并帶有技巧；嘆息才是心靈的自然流露。(英國劇作家沙德韋爾.T.)
1 Be honest rather clever.     誠實比聰明更要緊。
      2 Being on sea, sail; being onland, settle.   隨遇而安。
      3 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。
      4 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。
      5 Be slow to promise and quick to perform.       不輕諾，諾必果。
      6 Be swift to hear, slow to speak.        多聽少說。
7 Better an empty purse than an empty head.寧可錢袋癟，不要腦袋空。
8 Better an open enemy than a false friend.明槍易躲，暗箭難防。
9 Better good neighbors near than relations far away.   遠親不如近鄰。
10 Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.        功虧一簣。
11 Between two stools one falls to the ground.腳踏兩頭要落空。
12 Beware beginnings.     慎始為上。
13 Big mouthfuls ofter choke.           貪多嚼不爛。
14 Bind the sack before it be full.        做事應適可而止。
15 Birds of a feather flock together.       物以類聚，人以群分。
16 Birth is much, but breeding is more.    出身固然重要，教養更且重要。
17 Bite off more than one can chew.      貪多咽不下。
18 Bite the hand that feeds one.             恩將仇報。
19 Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.    良藥苦口利于病。
20 Blind men can judge no colours.         不宜問道於盲。
21 Blood is thicker than water.           血濃于水。
22 Bread is the staff of life.              民以食為天。
23 Brevity is the soul of wit.             言以簡潔為貴。
24 Bring up a raven and he'll pickout your eyes.        養虎貽患。
25 Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.          投鼠忌器。
26 Burnt child dreads the fire.           一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
27 Business before pleasure.            事業在先，享樂在後。
28 Business is business.                 公事公辦。
29 By doing we learn.                  經一事，長一智。
30 By falling we learn to go safely.       吃一塹，長一智。
31 By other's faults, wise men correct their own.       他山之石，可以攻玉。
32 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.