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Proverbs Beginning with [B] Back to square one. [Start all over again; go back to the beginning.] Back to the drawing board. [You have to start planning again because something went wrong.] Bad money drives out good Bad news travels fast A bad penny always turns up. [A bad person always shows up, even after an absence.] The (A) bad workman blames (always quarrels with) his tools The ball is in your court. [It's your turn to make the next move.] Barking dogs never (seldom) bite Be careful what you wish for, you'll probably get it. Be careful what you wish for. You might get it. Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home. Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them ('em) on your way down. [Wilson Mizner] Be thankful for small mercies. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Beauty is only skin deep [Beauty may be only skin deep but the judgments founded on it tend to go a lot deeper, whether we wished they would or not.--Torey Heyden <Murphy's Boy>] Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent Beauty is truth, truth beauty. Been there, done that. Beggars can't be choosers Behind every great man there is a great woman Behind the clouds, the sun is shining Believe it or not [It sounds strange, but it's true.] Believe nothing (of what) you hear, and only half of what you see The best defense is a good offense The best is yet to be [Better life is in store for everybody.] [Grow old along with me! / The best is yet to be, / The last of life, for which the first was made. / Our times are in his hand.---Robert Browing] The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry The best of friends must part The best things come in small packages The best things in life are free The best-laid schemes of mice and men often go (gang aft) a-gley [Even the best-laid plans often come to a bad end] [Robert Burns] Better a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond. Better a lie that heals than a truth that wounds Better a live dog than a dead lion Better afraid than blind to my fears Better be a fool than a knave Better be envied than pitied Better be safe than sorry Better death than dishonor Better feeling pain than feeling nothing at all Better is to bow than break Better late than never Better luck next time Better safe than sorry Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know Better to give than to receive Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness Better to wear out than to rust out Between a rock and a hard place [Forced to choose between two unpleasant options.] Between Scylla and Charybdis Between the devil and the deep blue sea Between two stools you fall to the ground Beware of Greeks bearing gifts Big Brother is watching you [George Orwell] The bigger that are the harder they fall The bigger the better The bigger they are, the harder they fall A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush [A bird in the hand is a certainty, but a bird in the bush may sing.---Bret Harte, author<1836-1902>] Birds in their little nests agree [People should live in harmony, especially in small quarters.] Birds of a feather flock together The Blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed ['Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed' was the ninth beatitude.---Alexander Pope] Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. The blind leading the blind Blood is thicker than water Blood, toil, tears and sweat Blood will tell [What is inherited cannot be hidden; it will come to the surface sooner or later.] Blood's thicker than water. Books and friends should be few but good Boys will be boys Bread always falls buttered-side down [Of two possibilities, the more damaging one will always occur.] Bread is the staff of life Brevity is the soul of wit [Shakespeare, Hamlet] The British are coming Brother can you spare a dime? The buck stops here [The saying is used to indicate that the speaker is ready to take full responsibility for his actions.] Buddy can you spare a dime? A bull in a china shop [A dangerously clumsy person or thing in a delicate situation.] A burnt child dreads the fire Business as usual [Despite the difficulty and danger , life goes on.] [Winston Churchill] Business before pleasure Business is business The business of America is business But it does move! [Galileo Galilei] But that's the way it is Butter wouldn't melt in his mouth [Said of a person who is not so harmless as he looks.] |