■Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 前程虽远大，现实尤可贵。

■Better an empty purse than an empty head. 宁可钱袋瘪，不要脑袋空。

■Better an open enemy than a false friend. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。

■Better are small fish than an empty dish. 有胜于无。

■Better be alone than in bad company. 交损友不如无友。

■Better be out of the world than out of fashion. 不合潮流不如脱离尘世。

■Better be poor than wicked. 宁可做穷人，不要做坏人。

■Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 宁为犬首，不作狮尾。

■Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse. 宁为驴头，不为马尾。

■Better deny at once than promise long. 轻诺必寡信。

■Better die with honour than live with shame. 与其忍辱偷生，不如光荣而死。

■Better early than late. 及早不及晚。

■Better eye sore than all blind. 眼痛总比瞎眼好。

■Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt. 宁可饿肚子，切莫去借债。

■Better good neighbours near than relations far away. 远亲不如近邻。

■Better half an egg than empty shell. 半只蛋也比空壳好。

■Better is the neighbour’s hen than mine. 人莫知其苗之硕。

■Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好。

■Better lose a jest than a friend. 宁可不说一句俏皮话，以免得罪朋友们。

■Better lose the saddle than the horse. 吃小亏占大便宜。

■Better master one than engage with ten. 精通一事胜于会十事。

■Better one-eyed than stone-blind. 独眼总比全瞎好。

■Better poor with honour than rich with shame. 穷得光荣，胜过富得可耻。

■Better safe than sorry. 采取预防措施以免倒大霉。

■Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose. 与其说话不中肯，不如一言不发好。

■Better some of a pudding than none of a pie. 聊胜于无。

■Better the foot slip than the tongue trip. 宁可滑跤，不可失言。

■Better to ask the way than go astray. 问路总比迷路好。

■Better to do well than to say well. 说得好不如做得好。

■Better to light one little candle than to curse the darkness. 与其诅咒黑暗不如点上蜡烛。

■Better unlearned than ill-learned. 学而不化，不如不学。

■Better wear out than rust out. 与其闲散不如忙碌。

■Better wit than wealth. 智力胜于财富。

■Better without gold than without friends. 宁可没有金钱，不可没有朋友。

■Between friends all is common. 朋友之间不分彼此。

■Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip. 功亏一篑。

■Between two stools one falls to the ground. 脚踏两头要落空。

■Beware beginnings. 慎始为上。

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