おやのこころこしらず【親の心子知らず】
Children 「do not know how indebted they are [tend to be ungrateful] to their parents.
おやのすねをかじる【親のすねをかじる】
sponge [live] off one's parents／「be dependent [sponge] on one's parents
おやのひかりはななひかり【親の光は七光】
It's a great help to have a famous parent.／He has attained success thanks to his father's [mother...
おやのよくめ【親の欲目】
親の欲目で子供を見がちですWe are apt to regard our children with indulgent eyes.
おやはなくともこはそだつ【親はなくとも子は育つ】
Children grow up somehow, even without parents.
おやぶねにのる【親船に乗る】
親船に乗ったような気持ちだI feel reassured.／I feel that everything will be all right.
おりがみをつける【折り紙を付ける】
彼女の数学の力には先生が折り紙を付けたぐらいだShe is so good at mathematics that she won the teacher's praise.／《口》 She's...
おりにふれて【折に触れて】
折に触れて耳にする名前だIt is a name that I hear mentioned 「from time to time [occasionally].
おりもあろうに【折もあろうに】
折もあろうに，こんな時に彼女が来るなんてFor her to come now, of all times!
おりもおり【折も折】
折も折，雨が降り出したAt that very moment it began to rain.
