Proverbs:

A bad bush is better than the open field.
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A bad knife cuts one’s fingers instead of the stick.
Portuguese
A bad padlock invites a picklock.
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A bad reaper never gets a good sickle.
Gaelic
A bad shift is better than no shift.
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A bad thing never dies.
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A bad tree does not yield good apples.
Danish
A bad vessel breaks not easily.
Hungarian
A bad vessel is seldom broken.
Latin
All bad alike.
Chinese
Bad is never good until worse happens.
Danish
Bad is the sack that will not bear patching.
Italian
Bad is the wool that cannot be dyed.
Italian
Bad mind bad heart.
Terence
He who has a bad name is half hanged.
Italian
Nothing so bad as not to be good for something.
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Nothing so bad but it finds its master.
Dutch
There is no man so bad but has a secret respect for the good.
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There is nothing so bad but may be of some use.
German
Those who are once found to be bad are presumed to be so forever.
Latin
What is bad for one is good for another.
French
Where bad’s the best naught must be the choice.
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You may keep yourself safe from fire but not from a bad man.
Portuguese
Bad men leave their mark wherever they go.
Chinese
Who is bad to his own is bad to himself.
Italian
Proverbs theme "Bad" in English
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