Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Once you pour the water out of the bucket
it's hard to get it back in it.
Once you put on the wedding ring you must
submit to all that is necessary.
Once you've cut the bread, you cannot put it
together again.
Once you've started a competition, you
must carry it to the finish.
Once you've used enough seasoning; using
more will spoil the dish.
One "Take it" is more worth than two "Thou
shalt have it".
One "take this" is better than ten "God help
you!"
One "take this" is worth more than two "you
shall have."
One acre of performance, is worth twenty of
the land of promise.
One against whom accusations when made
are easily believed.
One ages every night one lives.
One always knocks oneself in the sore place.
One always returns to one's first love.
One and none is all one.
One and one are sometimes eleven.
One and one sometimes make eleven.
One appointment is eatedn by another.
One armpit cannot hold two watermelons.
One arrow does not bring down two birds.
One ass among many monkeys is grinned at
by all.
One ass calls the other a pack animal.
One ass nicknames another "Long-ears."
One ass scrubs another.
One at a time is good fishing; two at a time
is making a hog of yourself.
One bad apple spoils the bunch.
One bad experience is worth more than a
thousand threats.
One bad eye spoils the other.
One bad general is better than two good
ones.
One bag of money is stronger than two bags
of truth.
One bamboo does not make a forest.
One barber shears another.
One basket of grapes does not make a
455
vintage.
One beam, no matter how big, cannot
support an entire house on its own.
One bean does not make a whole meal.
One beast easily recognizes another.
One beats one's breast who does not beat
one's child.
One beats the bush and another catches the
birds.
One beats the bush, another catches the bird.
One beautiful day doesn't make a summer.
One bee is as good as a handful of flies.
One bee makes no honey; one grain makes
no rice soup.
One beetle recognises another.
One beggar at the door is enough.
One beggar likes not that another has two
wallets.
One bell serves a parish.
One bird in hand is better far Than two that
in the bushes are.
One bird in the dish is better than a hundred
in the air.
One bird in the hand is better than two
flying.
One bird in the hand is better than two on
the roof.
One bird in the hand is worth four in the air.
One bird in the hand is worth two flying.
One bird in your hand is better than ten on
the roof.
One bite brings another.
One blacksmith envies another.
One blind man followed the other and they
both fell into the ditch.
One blind man leads another into the ditch.
One blow will not knock a strong man
down.
One body cannot perform two services.
One boy is more trouble that a dozen girls.
One briar does not make a hedge.
One butcher fears not many sheep.
One by one we count the beans.
One camel does not make fun of another
camel's hump.