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Obedience
is the first duty of a soldier军人以服从命令为天职。
Observation
is the best teacher.观察是最好的老师。
Offense
is the best defense.进攻是最好的防御。
Old
friends and old wines are best.陈酒味醇，老友情深。
Old
sin makes new shame.一失足成千古恨。
Once
a man and twice a child.一次老，两次小。
Once
a thief, always a thief.偷盗一次，做贼一世。
Once
bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
One
boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。
One
cannot put back the clock.时钟不能倒转。
One
eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百闻不如一见。
One
false move may lose the game.一着不慎，满盘皆输。
One
good turn deserves another.行善积德。
One
hour today is worth two tomorrow.争分夺秒效率高。
One
man’s fault is other man’s
lesson.前车之鉴。
One
never loses anything by politeness.讲礼貌不吃亏。
One
swallow does not make a summ一燕不成夏。
One’s
words reflect one’s
thinking.言为心声。
Out
of debt, out of danger.无债一身轻。
Out
of office, out of danger.无官一身轻。
Out
of sight, out of mind.眼不见，心为静。
Patience
is the best remedy.忍耐是良药。
Penny
wise, pound foolish.贪小便宜吃大亏。
Plain
dealing is praised more than practiced.正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。
Please
the eye and plague the heart.
贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。
Pleasure
comes through toil.苦尽甘来。
Pour
water into a sieve.竹篮子打水一场空。
Practice
makes perfect.熟能生巧。
Praise
is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃。
Praise
makes good men better, and bad men worse.好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。
Prefer
loss to unjust gain.宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。
Prevention
is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。
Pride
goes before, and shame comes after.骄傲使人落后。
Promise
is debt.一诺千金。
Proverbs
are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。
Pull
the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗。
Put
the cart before the horse.本末倒置。
Put
your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助。
Reading
enriches the mind.开卷有益。
Reading
is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。
Respect
yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬，必须自重。
Rome
is not built in a day冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
Saying
is one thing and doing another.言行不一。
Seeing
is believing.眼见为实。
Seek
the truth from facts.实事求是。
Send
a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.智者当差，不用交代。
Set
a thief to catch a thief.以贼捉贼。
Short
accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算账。
Something
is better than nothing.聊胜于无。
Soon
learn, soon forgotten.学得快，忘得快。
Soon
ripe, soon rotten.熟得快，烂得快。 |
