英语常用谚语总汇(编校好)—O

■Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm. 树大招风。

■Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. 服从是军人的第一职责。

■Observation is the best teacher. 观察为良师。

■Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives. 人生最可宝贵的是声誉，躯体入土后，声誉犹存。

■Of earthly goods the best is a good wife. A bad the bitterest curse of human life. 贤妻最可贵，恶妇是灾星。

■Offence is the best defence. 进攻是最好的防御。

■Of nothing comes nothing. 无中不能生有。

■Often and little eating makes a man fat. 少吃多餐，身强体胖。

■Of two evils choose the least. 权衡两害，取其轻者。

■Of young men die many, of old men escape not any. 年轻人死得不少，而年迈者是在劫难逃。

■Old bees yield no honey. 老蜂不酿蜜。

■Old birds are not caught with new nests. 新巢捉不到老鸟。

■Old birds are not to be caught with shaft. 老谋是不会失算的。

■Older and wiser. 越老越聪明。

■Old foxes want no tutors. 老狐狸不需要教师。

■Old friends and old wine are best. 古交友情深，陈酒香味醇。

■Old love will not be forgotten. 旧情永难忘。

■Old vessels must leak. 旧船必漏。

■Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. 老柴最好烧，陈酒最好饮，老友最可靠，老作家的书最好读。

■Old wood is best to burn, old book to read. 老柴好烧，老书宜读。

■Old wood is best to burn, old horse to ride. 老柴好烧，老马好骑。

■O liberty, how many crimes have been committed in thy name! 自由啊！假你的名义犯了多少罪啊！

■Omelets are not made without breaking eggs. 有失才有得。

■Once a devil, always a devil. 一次做魔鬼，永远是魔鬼。

■Once a knave, ever a knave. 一朝失足，铸成千古恨。

■Once a man and twice a child. 一次为成人，两度当小孩。

■Once bit, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，三年怕草绳。

■Once is no custom. 一次不成例。

■Once on shore, we pray no more. 一旦上了岸，就不再祈祷。

■On earth there is nothing great but man, in man there is nothing great but mind. 在世界上没有一件东西有如人那样伟大，在人之内没有一件东西有如人心那么伟大。

■One barking dog sets all street a-barking. 一狗吠声响，狗吠满街坊。

■One beats the bush, and another catches the birds. 坐享其成。

■One boy is more trouble than a dozen girls. 一个男孩比十二个女孩还要麻烦。

■One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man. 人难一世称雄，但可一生为人。

■One cannot be in two place at once。

■One cannot do a foolish thing once in one’s life, but one must hear of it a hundred times. 为人一生一件蠢事也不做，但要听到上百遍蠢事。

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