support one father. 一个父亲能扶养十个孩子，

十个孩子却不能赡养一个父亲。

51. one father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. 一

个父亲胜于一百个教师。

52. one flower makes no garland. 一木不能成林。

53. one foe is too many; and a hundred friends too few.

朋友成百犹觉少，仇敌一人已嫌多。

54. one fool makes many. 一人傻，傻大家。

55. one foot is better than two crutches. 一只脚胜过两根

拐杖。

56. one good head is better than a hundred strong hands.

上百双有力的手，不如一个聪明的头脑。

57. one good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters.

一个好的母亲顶得上一百个教师。

58. one good turn deserves another. 以德报德。

59. one half of the world does not know how the other

half lives. 贫富不相知。

60. one has lived too near a wood to be frightened by owls.

深知底蕴，不以为怪。

61. one honest word is better than two oaths. 两句誓言不

如一句实话。

62. one hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.

午夜前睡一小时抵得上午夜后睡三小时。

63. one hour today is worth two tomorrow. 今天的一个

小时抵得上明天的两个小时。

64. one love drives out another. 新爱逐旧欢。

65. one man makes a chair and another man sits in it. 坐

享其成。

66. one man may steal a horse while another may not

look over a hedge. 只许州官放火，不许百姓点灯。

67. one man's meat is another man's poison. 一个人的佳

肴常为另一人的毒药。

68. one may sooner fall than rise. 跌倒容易爬起难。

69. one may think that dares not speak. 人可思其不敢言

者。

70. one misfortune comes on the neck of another. 祸不单

行。

71. one must draw the line somewhere. 人之所为，总有限

度。

72. one must drink as one brews. 自作自受。

73. one must howl with the wolves. 入乡随俗。

74. one never loses anything by politeness. 有礼貌对自己

不会吃亏。

75. one never loses by doing a good turn. 行善者决无一

失。

76. one penny witgh right is better than a thousand

without right. 合法得来一个钱，胜过非法钱一千。

77. one ploughs, another sow; who will reap no one

knows. 有的耕，有的播，谁来收获很难说。

78. one rotten apple spoils the whole barrel. 一只烂苹果

烂一萝苹果。

79. one should eat to live, not live to eat. 人为生而食，非

为食而生。

80. one sin opens the door for another. 一个罪恶常为另

一个罪恶开门。

81. one's mantle falls on somebody. 春风化雨。

82. one sows another reaps. 不劳而获。

83. one swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。

84. one thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness

of warning. 一次痛苦的经验抵得上千百次的告诫。

85. one today is worth two tomorrows. 今天一天抵明天

两天。

86. one who can do everything can do nothing. 什么都能

做，什么都不行。

87. one woe doth tread upon another's heels. 祸不单行。

88. one wrong (or false) move can lose the whole game.

棋错一著，全盘皆输。

89. one wrong thought may cause a lifelong regret. 一念

之错可铸终生之恨。

90. only that which is honestly got is gain. 正当的收入才

是真正的收入。

91. only they who fulfill their duty in everday matters

will fulfill them on great occasions. 只有在日常事务上

尽责的人，才能在重大事情上尽责。

92. on the choice of friends. our good or evil name

depends. 朋友的选择可影响名誉的好坏。

93. on the great clock of time there is but one word,

"now." 在伟大的时钟上，只有一个词，就是“现在”。

94. open confession is good for the soul. 坦白交代，身心

愉快。

95. open not your door when the devil knocks. 不要受人

的诱惑。

96. opportunity makes the thief. 疏忽招盗贼。

97. opportunity seldom knocks twice. 机不可失，失不再

来。

98. opportunity, sooner or later, comes to all who work

and wish. 只要努力工作而有志向，机会迟早终会来临。

99. other men live to eat, while i eat to live. 别人为食而

生活，我为生活而食。

100. our affections are our life. -- we live by them; they

supply our warmth. 我们的感情，是我们的生命，我们

靠它生存，我们的温暖是它供应。

101. our best friends are they who tell us our faults and

help us to mend them. 最好的朋友是指出我们的缺点

并帮助改正的人。

102. our bravest and best lessons are not learnt through

success, but through misadventure. 最美好的教训不是

得之于成功，而是来之于不幸。

103. our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but

in rising every time we fall. 我们最大的光荣并不在于

永不跌倒，而在于每次跌倒后能起来。

104. our happiness consists not in killing others, but in

sacrificing ourselves for others. 我们最大幸福并不是

杀害别人，而是为别人而牺牲自己。

105. our own actions are our security, not others'

judgements. 我们的行为是自己的保证而不是别人的

鉴定。

106. our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest

thought. 最甜美的的歌是诉说最悲伤的哀思。

107. out of debt, out of danger. 无债一身轻。

108. out of sight, out of mind. 久违情疏。眼不见，心不

烦？

109. overdone is worse than undone. 过犹不及。

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1. paddle your own canoe. 自立更生，自食其力。

2. pain is forgotten where gain follows. 好了伤疤忘了痛。

3. pardoning the bad is injuring the good. 饶了坏人便伤

了好人。

4. patience and application will carry us through. 忍耐和

努力会使我们度过难关。

5. patience is a flower that grows not in everyone's

garden. 忍耐是朵花，并非人人园中都开发。

6. patience is a plaster for all sores. 忍耐是治疗一切伤痛

的药膏。

7. patience is a virtue. 忍耐是一种美德。

8. patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. 忍耐是苦痛的，

但它的果实是甜蜜的。

9. patience is the best remedy (or medicine). 忍耐是最好

的药物。

10. patience, time, and money overcome everything. 耐

心，时间和金钱可以征服一切。

11. pay somebody back in his own coin. 一报还一报。

12. peace on earth and good will towards men. 愿世界得

太平，人间持善意。

13. peace with sword in hand, 'tis safest making. 居安思

危，此乃万全之策。

14. pen and ink is wit's plough. 笔墨是才智之犁。

15. penny and penny laid up will be many. 积少成多。

16. penny wise and pound foolish. 小事聪明，大事糊涂。

17. people do not lack strength; they lack will. 人们不缺

力量，缺的是决心。

18. perseverance is failing nineteen times