English Proverbs · Alphabetical Index

Proverbs Beginning with B

97 entries beginning with the letter B.

B — Proverbs and Sayings

97 total
61
Better the foot slip than the tongue.
talking
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62
Better to be off with the old love before you are on with the new
relationship
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63
Better to be poor and healthy rather than rich and sick.
health
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64
Better to do well than to say well
doing
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65
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkeness.
problem
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66
Better to live one day as a tiger than a thousand years as a sheep.
life
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67
Better to marry than to burn
married
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68
Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
reign
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69
Better to wear out than to rust out.
work
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70
Better unborn than untaught.
learning
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71
Better untaught than ill-taught.
learning
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72
Better wed over the mixen than over the moor.
married
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73
Between the devil and the deep sea.
choose
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74
Between the upper and nether millstone.
difficulty
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75
Between two evils it is not worth choosing.
evil
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76
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
decision
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77
Beware of a silent dog and still water.
hurt
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78
Big fish eat little fish.
exploitation
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79
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite them, and little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum.
prey
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80
Bind the sack before it be full.
safe
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81
Birds of a feather flock together.
company
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82
Blessed is he who expects nothting, for he shall never be disappointed.
expectation
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83
Blessings brighten as they take their flight.
value
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84
Blind men can judge no colours.
opinion
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85
Blood is thicker than water.
relation
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86
Blood will have bloods.
violence
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87
Blood will tell.
inheritage
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88
Borrowed garments never fit well.
suit
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89
Brag is a good dog, but Holdfast is better.
quietness
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90
Brave men leaved and before Agamemnon.
bravery
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91
Bread always falls buttered side down.
misfortune
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92
Brevity is the soul of wit.
intelligence
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93
Burn not your house to fright the mouse away
problem
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94
Burn the candle at both ends
busy
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95
Business before pleasure.
work
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96
By doing nothing we learn to do ill.
evil
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97
By hook or by crook.
means
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