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One-Off :

A one-off event only happens once and will not be repeated.




One-Trick Pony :

A one-trick pony is someone who does one thing well, but has limited skills in other areas.




Oops A Daisy :

An expression used to indicate surprise.




Open All Hours :

If a shop or suchlike is open all hours, it only closes, if at all, terribly late.

We can send FAX from the railway station. The public phone kiosk there is open all hours.




Open Book :

If a person is an open book it is easy to know what they think or how they feel about things.




Open Old Sores :

When a sore is almost healed and if a person rips or tears it open, it is way of preventing the healing process and further aggravating the pain. This phrase metaphorically suggests to revive or reopen a quarrel or enmity which was almost forgotten.




Open Old Wounds :

If you open old wounds, you revive a quarrel or problem that caused a lot of trouble in the past.

I have come to the village after two decades to meet you all so please do not open old wounds.




Opening A Can of Worms :

If you open a can of worms, you do something that will cause a lot of problems and is, on balance, probably going to cause more trouble than it is worth.




Opportunity Knocks But Once. :

This idiom means that you only get one chance to achieve what you really want to do.

You accept the offer and go to Canada. After all opportunity knocks but once. It is not easy for every one to get a scholarship like this.




Order Of The Day :

In vogue

Prevalent

Criticizing the government has become the order of the day.




Other Fish to Fry :

If you have other fish to fry, it doesn’t matter if one opportunity fails to materialize as you have plenty of others.




Other Side of The Coin :

The other side of the coin is a different usually opposing view of a situation.



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