A bad penny always comes back, [136]
A bad thing never dies, [209]
A bad tree does not yield good apples, [394]
A bad wife wishes her husband’s heel turned homewards, and not his toe, [394]
A bad workman never finds a good tool, [38]
A bad wound may be cured, bad repute kills, [227]
A baptised Jew is a circumcised Christian, [149]
A bargain is a bargain, [150]
A barking cur does not bite, [76]
A barking dog was never a good biter, [240]—see [Barking dogs]