English proverbs - alphabetical list O

English Proverbs

List of proverbs with their meaning.

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Alphabetical list - O

Once bitten, twice shy.

After an unpleasant experience, people are careful to avoid something similar.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

A child is raised by a father and taught by a teacher.

The teacher cannot replace the father.

One good turn deserves another.

You should be helpful to someone who helps you.

One of these days is none of these days.

'One of these days' remains a vague promise.

One today is worth two tomorrow.

What you have today is better than what is promised or hoped for.

One man's meat is another man's poison

People don't always like the same things.

One man's trash is another man's treasure.

What is useless to one person could be valuable to another.

One swallow doesn't make a summer.

A single satisfactory event does not mean that all the others will be as good.

(An) onion a day keeps everyone away.

A humoristic version of "an apple a day..."

Only real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.

Only a real friend will tell you the truth.

Opportunity seldom knocks twice.

Don't miss opportunities that come along.

(An) ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

It is easier to prevent something from happening than to repair the damage or

cure the disease later.

Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings

Children often speak wisely.

Out of sight, out of mind.

We tend to forget people or things that we do not see.

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