Better be deid than oot o' fashion.
与其赶时髦,不如从命。
Better be deid than oot o' fashion.
与其赶时髦,不如从命。
Better be freends at a distance than enemies at hame.
宁为远方的朋友,不为远方的敌人。
Better be idle than ill doing.
宁无所事事,不做坏事。
Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.
在众人面前说人坏话,不如在众人面前说人坏话。
Better be sonsy than soon up.
与其马上起床,还不如早点起床。
Better bide the Cooks nor the Mediciners.
最好待厨师也不要待医生。
Better buy than barrow.
买的比买的好。
Better eat brown bread in youth than in eild.
年轻时吃黑面包比年老时吃黑面包好。
Better find iron than tine siller.
宁找铁,不找铁。
Better gie the slight than tak it.
与其受侮辱,不如受侮辱。
Better hae than want.
有胜于无。
Better half hanged than ill married.
半吊子总比结了婚强。
Better hand loose nor bound to an ill bakie.
宁可松开手,也不要捆绑在坏人身上。
Better hand loose than in an ill tethering.
松开手总比系不好绳子好。
Better haud wi' the hounds than rin wi' the hare.
有猎狗总比有野兔好。