B.

Bachelor, a peacock; betrothed, a lion; married, an ass, [258]

Bad bird, bad egg, [136]

“Bad company,” said the thief, as he went to the gallows between the hangman and a monk, [331]

Bad egg, bad chick, [331]

Bad eyes never see any good, [136]

Bad grass does not make good hay, [92]

Bad is never good until worse happens, [394]

Bad is the sack that will not bear patching, [77]

Bad is the wool that cannot be died, [77]