英语谚语,作文翻译必备素材!(三)

Bad news has wings. / a bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Beauty lies in the lover's eyes. / Beauty is in the eye of the beholder/ gazer. / Beauty is the child of love.

Beauty fades like a flower.

Behind an able man there are always other able men. / The blacksmith in one village becomes a blacksmith’s apprentice in another.

All that ends well is well.  Behind bad luck comes good luck.

Be swift to hear, slow to speak.

Be considerate to others and you will be treated likewise.

Better late than never.

Better an open enemy than a false friend. / Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know.

Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.

Begin to dig a well only when one feels thirsty.

Better to ask the way than go astray.

Better be the head of a chicken than the tail of an ox.

Better die a beggar than live a beggar.

Better die with honors than live with shame.

Better early than late .

Better good neighbors near than relations faraway.

Better is the neighbor’s hen than mine.

Between friends all is common.

Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.

Between the devil and the deep blue sea.

Big mouthfuls often choke. / Bite off more than one can chew.

Bind the sack before it be full.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Blessings are ever waiting on virtuous acts.

Blood is thicker than water.

Blood will have blood.

Books and friends should be few but good.

Bread is the staff of life.

Bring up a raven and he’ll pick out your eyes.

Brothers are like arms and legs; husband and wife are like clothing.

Burn a forest to farm and drain a pound to fish.

Business is business.

Business is the salt of life.

By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.

By learning you will teach; by teaching you will learn.