English Proverbs · Alphabetical Index

Proverbs Beginning with O

44 entries beginning with the letter O.

O — Proverbs and Sayings

44 total
1
Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm.
adjustment
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2
Obey orders if you break owners
obey
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3
Of two evils choose the least.
choose
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4
offenders never pardon
guilt
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5
Offendres never pardon
guilt
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6
Oil and water do not mix
incompatibility
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7
Old birds are not caught with chaff.
deceive
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8
Old friends and old wine are best.
old
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9
Old habits die hard
habit
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10
Old sins have long shadows
sin
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11
Once a priest, always a priest.
behaviour
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12
Once bitten, twice shy.
experience
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13
One beats the bush, and another catches the bird.
benefits
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14
One chick keeps a hen busy,
chlidren
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15
One day honey, one day onion
fortune
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16
One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine.
bad
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17
One fire drives out another.
problem
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18
One funeral makes many
funeral
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19
One good turn deserves another.
help
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20
One hand washes the other, (and both wash the face).
cooperation
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21
One law for the rich, and another for the poor.
law
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22
One lie makes many.
lies
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23
One link broken, the whole chain is broken.
strength
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24
One man's loss is another man's gain.
loss
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25
One man, no man.
cooperation
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26
One man’s meat is another man’s poison.
preference
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27
One nail drives out another
new
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28
One of these days is none of these days.
promise
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29
One scabby sheep will mar a whole flock.
infection
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30
One size does not fit all
difference
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31
One swallow does not make a summer.
instance
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32
One today is worth two tomorrows.
certainty
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33
One wedding brings another
wedding
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34
One year's seeding makes seven year's weeding.
action
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35
One's bark is worse than his bite
threat
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36
Only real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.
friendship
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37
Opportunities look for you, when you are worth finding.
opportunity
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38
Opportunity makes the thief.
thief
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39
Opportunity seldom knocks twice.
opportunity
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40
Other times, other manners
time
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41
Out of debt, out of danger
debt
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42
Out of sight, out of mind.
absence
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43
Out of the frying-pan into the fire.
worsening
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44
Out of the mouths of babes
wisdom
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