Proverbs Beginning with B

1

Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune .

alcohol

› 2

Back talk

talking

› 3

Backseat driver,

expression

› 4

Bad aid solution

solution

› 5

Bad apple

bad

› 6

Bad beginnings lead to bad results.

start

› 7

Bad faith

behaviour

› 8

Bad money drives out good.

value

› 9

Bad news has wings.

news

› 10

Bad things come in threes

supperstition

› 11

Bad to the bone

bad

› 12

Bail someone out

help

› 13

Bare minimum

little

› 14

Barefaced lie

lie

› 15

Bark is worse than bite

threat

› 16

Barking dogs seldom bite.

threat

› 17

Barking up the wrong tree.

Mistake

› 18

bat an eye

emotion

› 19

Be carefull what you pray for, you might get it.

consequences

› 20

Be just before you are generous.

debt

› 21

Be on the safe side

precaution

› 22

Be slow to promise and quick to perform.

action

› 23

Be swift to hear and slow to speak.

speak

› 24

Be what you would seem to be.

behaviour

› 25

Bear and forbear.

patience

› 26

Beat the band

degree

› 27

Beauty draws with a single hair.

beauty

› 28

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

opinion

› 29

Beauty is only skin deep.

beauty

› 30

Beauty lies in lover’s eyes.

beauty

› 31

Because a man is born in a stable that does not make him a horse.

origin

› 32

Before one can say Jack Robinson.

fast

› 33

Before you make a friend eat a bushel of salt with him.

friendship

› 34

Beggars cannot be choosers.

choose

› 35

Beggars can’t be choosers.

choose

› 36

Believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see.

truth

› 37

Best defense is offense.

defense

› 38

Best things in life are free.

life

› 39

Better a dinner of herbs than a stalled ox where hate is.

eating

› 40

Better a lean peace than a fat victory.

simplicity

› 41

Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us.

exaggeration

› 42

Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.

certainty

› 43

Better an open enemy than a false friend.

enemy

› 44

Better are small fish than an empty dish.

contentment

› 45

Better be alone than in bad company.

friendship

› 46

Better be born lucky than rich.

luck

› 47

Better be envied than pitied.

envy

› 48

Better be safe than sorry.

safety

› 49

Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

leader

› 50

Better brain than brawn.

brain

› 51

Better deny at once than promise long.

promise

› 52

Better die standing than live kneeling.

freedom

› 53

Better give a shilling than lend a half-crown.

give

› 54

Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt.

debt

› 55

Better late than never.

doing

› 56

Better lose a jest than a friend.

friendship

› 57

Better one house spoiled than two

couple

› 58

Better one-eyed than stone-blind.

appreciation

› 59

Better out than in.

talking

› 60

Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.

enemy

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