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This resource includes the best-known proverbs in the English language from around the world with quotations that provide a history of each proverb. Discover the story behind "Never say never," "It takes one to know one," and "Once bitten, twice shy."
On this page: oak: Beware of an oak, it draws the stroke; avoid an ash, it counts the flash; creep under the thorn, it can save you from harm to out: Out of sight, out of mind.

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oak: Beware of an oak, it draws the stroke; avoid an ash, it counts the flash; creep under the thorn, it can save you from harm

oak: When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash; when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak

obey: He that cannot obey cannot command

obey: Obey orders, if you break owners

off: It is best to be off with the old love before you are on with the new

offenders: Offenders never pardon

old: Old habits die hard

old: Old sins cast long shadows

old: Old soldiers never die

old: You cannot put an old head on young shoulders

omelette: You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs

once: Once a - -, always a - -

once: Once a priest, always a priest

once: Once a whore, always a whore

once: Once bitten, twice shy

one: One for sorrow, two for mirth; three for a wedding, four for a birth

one: One for the mouse, one for the crow, one to rot, one to grow

one: One nail drives out another

one: One size does not fit all

one: One year's seeding makes seven years' weeding

one: When one door shuts, another opens

opera: The opera isn't over till the fat lady sings

opportunity: Opportunity makes a thief

opportunity: Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door

other: Other times, other manners

ounce: An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept

out: Out of debt, out of danger

out: Out of sight, out of mind

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