Better one-eyed than stone-blind.
独眼总比全瞎好。
Better one-eyed than stone-blind.
独眼总比全瞎好。
Better slip with the foot than with the tongue.
宁可失足,不可失言。
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
认识的魔鬼比不认识的魔鬼好。
Better to be envied than pitied.
与其被人同情,不如被人嫉妒。
Better to deny at once, than to promise long.
与其答应很长时间,不如马上拒绝。
Better to do well than to say well.
说得好不如做得好。
Better to kiss a knave than be troubled with him.
与其与流氓周旋,不如与他亲嘴。
Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
宁在地狱作王,不愿在天堂事奉。
Better to say nothing, than to say something not to the purpose.
与其说些不相干的话,不如什么也不说。
Better unborn than untaught.
与其不受教育,不如不生。
Better untaught than ill-taught.
没受过教育总比没受过教育好。
Better wear out shoes than sheets.
穿破鞋子总比穿破床单好。
Better wed over the mixen than over the moor.
在米森河上结婚比在沼地上结婚好。
Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.
杯子和嘴唇之间可能会有一小口滑倒。
Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea.
在魔鬼和深蓝的大海之间。