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You're certainly looking fit as a fiddle today.

今日はとても元気そうだね。

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Hawaii's really the land of milk and honey.

ハワイってまさにパラダイスだもの。

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He resolved to turn over a new leaf.

彼は改心することを決心した。

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Is there a doctor in the house?

お客様の中にお医者様はいらっしゃいませんか。

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Sue and John decided to take the plunge.

スーとジョンは結婚することに決めた。

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The name Edwin doesn't ring a bell.

エドウィンと言う名前を聞いてもピンとこない。

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He makes mountains out of molehills.

彼はなんでもぎょうぎょうしく考える人だ。

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He is not the only pebble on the beach.

あの男しかいないわけではないよ。

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I don't think I'm cut out for city life.

私は都会での生活に向いていないと思う。

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He tried in vain to pull the wool over my eyes.

彼は私の目をくらまそうとしたが無駄であった。

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Joan dropped her husband like a hot potato.

ジョーンは夫をさっさと見限って別れてしまった。

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He was always pulling my leg when we worked together.

彼は私達が一緒に仕事をしていた時いつも私をからかった。

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He's got money to burn.

あいつは腐るほどお金を持っているんだから。

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His bark is worse than his bite.

彼は口やかましいが本心は悪くない。

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I have to burn the midnight oil tonight.

今夜は夜なべをしなきゃならないよ。

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I can't for the life of me remember her address.

どうしても彼女の住所が思い出せない。

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You're on the right track.

君のやっていることは間違っていないよ。

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Though he lives within a stone's throw of the school, he is often late.

学校のすぐ近くに住んでいるのに彼はしばしば遅刻してくる。

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He was always pulling my leg when we worked together.

一緒に働いていた時、彼はいつも私をからかってばかりいた。

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People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

こわれやすいガラス張りの家に住む者は石を投げてはいけない。

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He's head over heels in love with Mary.

彼はメアリーにすっかり首ったけだ。

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He runs with the hare and hunts with the hounds.

彼は、両方にいいように言う。

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His bark is worse than his bite.

彼のほえるのはかむのよりひどい。

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He was always in hot water with his teachers for being late.

彼は遅刻するため、教師との関係がいつもまずくなっていた。

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You're barking up the wrong tree.

オレを非難するのはお門違いだ。

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You are treading on her corns.

君は彼女の感情をふみつけにしているよ。

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He has a reputation as being straight as an arrow. He'd never get involved in corruption.

清廉潔白できこえた彼が、汚職なんかに手を染めるわけない。

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You'd better put aside some money for a rainy day.

もしものときのために、お金は多少蓄えておいたほうがいいよ。

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He knows New York inside out.

彼はニューヨークを知り尽くしている。

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Nobody ever saw hide or hair of him.

二度と彼の姿を見たものはいなかった。

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I don't quite follow you.

あなたのおっしゃることが、どうもよく分かりません。

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She was a bundle of nerves last night.

昨夜彼女は神経が高ぶっていた。

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He disappeared without a trace.

彼は跡形もなく姿を消してしまったんだ。

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To make a long story short, we buried the hatchet.

手短にいけば、我々は仲直りをした。

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I hear Latin music is taking the music industry by storm this year.

今年はラテン音楽が流行ってきているらしい。

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We'll put these plans on ice.

これらの計画は棚上げにするつもりだ。

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We were driven to the wall.

我々は絶体絶命のピンチに追い込まれた。

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It is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

それは干し草の山の中から針を探し出そうとするようなものだ。

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With the money Jack won from his lawsuit, he should be able to live on easy street.

訴訟で得たお金でジャックは裕福に暮らせるだろう。

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My grandmother went peacefully in the night.

祖母はその晩静かに息を引き取った。

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Jane was on top of the world when she got a record contract.

ジェーンはレコード歌手契約を結んだ時は有頂天になってた。

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He was always pulling my leg when we worked together.

彼は私がいっしょに仕事をしていたときいつも私をからかってばかりいた。

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You shouldn't talk about Jack behind his back.

影で人の話をしてはいけないよ。

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I didn't do well on the test so my parents chewed me out.

テストの点が悪かったので、親にガミガミ言われた。

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Hold your horses, young man. You can't enter here unless you have a pass.

ちょっとまて、君。許可証がなければここへは入れない。

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Tom has been beating the drum for the project.

トムはそのプロジェクトをずいぶん宣伝しているよ。

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My, you're looking green around the gills.

ねえ、元気がないみたいだけど。

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Stop beating around the bush and get to the point.

回りくどい言い方はやめて核心を言ってくれよ。

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He is poor, to be sure, but he is happy.

彼は確かに貧乏だが、幸せだ。

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He started to tell us his experiences during his stay in America. We were all ears.

彼はアメリカ滞在中の体験を話し始めた。私たちは耳を澄まして夢中で聞いた。

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He always keeps his room as neat as a pin.

彼はいつも部屋をきちんと整頓している。

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He will make you eat dirt.

彼は君に塵を食べさせようとしている。

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I don't think I'm cut out for city life.

僕は都会の生活向きに出来ていないと思う。

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Of course you can trust me. Have I ever given you a bum steer before?

むろん信用していいとも。君にヨタ情報を教えたことが一度でもあったかい。

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She wears the trousers in that house.

あの家は女房が亭主をしりに敷いている。

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I bet Dave paid a pretty penny for his new car.

デイブが彼の新車に大金を払ったほうに僕は賭けるよ。

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He did a real snow job on my daughter.

彼のもっともらしい話に娘はまんまと乗せられてしまった。

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My car is on its last legs.

私の車はおんぼろになってしまいました。

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He was always pulling my leg when we worked together.

彼は私たちがいっしょに仕事をしていたときいつも私をからかってばかりいた。

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Nobody likes him, because he is always blowing his own horn.

あいつのことを好きなやつは誰もいない。なぜなら奴はいつも自分のことを自画自賛ばかりしているからだ。

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There came a complete silence. You could hear a pin drop.

あたりは水を打ったように静まり返った。

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I had a call from James out of the blue.

ジェームズから突然電話があった。

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He is buttering up to his boss.

あいつ、上司に胡麻を擂ってやがる。

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You had better make a clean breast of everything.

君はすべてのことを打ち明けるほうがよい。

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He earns his bread as a writer.

彼は書くことで生計を立てている。

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