1.
With clothes the new are Best; with friends the old are Best
衣不如新,人不如故
2.
Seeing falsely is worse than blindness and speaking falsely than silence.
所见不真,犹不如盲;所言不实,不如缄默。
3.
It is better not to take an oath than to take an oath and not keep it.
你许愿不还,不如不许。
4.
Better no law than laws not enforced.
有法不依法,不如不立法。
5.
Having half-baked knowledge is worse than knowing nothing at all.
一知半解,不如不知不解。
6.
A does not work as hard as b .
A不如B努力工作。
7.
"Better had he died at once!
“他不如马上死掉!
8.
"I might as well be dead!"
"我还不如死了好!"
9.
Have no friends not equal to yourself.
“无友不如己者。”
10.
Better alone than have a false friend for company.
交损友,不如独身。
11.
The rain fell again but not as hard.
不过已经不如先前凶猛。
12.
would [had] as lief... (as...)
(与其…) 不如…,宁可…也不 (…)
13.
" But I might as well have saved my breath.
"但是这话还不如不说。
14.
Better be out of the world than out of fashion
不合潮流不如脱离尘世
15.
It is better to wear oneself out with hard work than to become feeble through laziness and inactivity.
与其锈坏,不如用坏;与其闲死,不如忙死。
16.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the wood.
二鸟在林,不如一鸟在手; 多得不如现得。
17.
Better unchaste than humourless, better dead than a dead weight.
没趣不如淫荡,叫人讨厌不如溘然长逝。
18.
Opportunities of time vouchsafed by Heaven are not equal to advantages of situation afforded by the Earth, and advantages of situation afforded by the Earth are not equal to the union arising from the accord of men.
天时不如地利,地利不如人和