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You cannot get blood out of a stone.

石から血を取り出すことはできない。

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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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Every cloud has a silver lining.

どんな悪いことにも良い面がある。

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Every cloud has a silver lining.

どの雲にも銀の裏地がついている。

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Every Jack must have his Jill.

どんな男にもそれ相当の嫁のきてがあるもの。

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Better wear out shoes than sheets.

すり減らすのはシーツではなく靴にしろ。

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Every cloud has a silver lining.

憂いの反面には喜びがあるものだ。

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As you sow, so will you reap.

種をまくように刈り入れることになる。

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What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.

すずめ百まで踊り忘れず。

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When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out the window.

赤貧戸口に至らば、恋は窓より飛び去る。

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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

あらゆる職業に手を出す者は何の熟練工にもなれない。

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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

会わないでいると人の心はいっそう愛情が深くなる。

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Well begun is half done.

出だしがよければ半ばやり遂げたようなものだ。

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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは1日で建設されたものではない。

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Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

早寝早起きは人を健康に裕福にそして賢明にする。

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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。

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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりでも着実にやってゆけば勝負には勝つ。

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It's never too late to make amends.

過ちては改むるに憚ることなかれ。

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The last straw breaks the camel's back.

最後のわら一本がらくだの背骨を折る。

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Two wrongs don't make a right.

他人の悪事を引き合いに出して自分の悪事の言い訳をすることはできない。

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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

どんなにみすぼらしくても、わが家にまさる所はない。

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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマではローマ人がするようにせよ。

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When the cat is away, the mice will play.

猫がいなくなるとネズミたちが遊びだす。

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He who pays the piper calls the tune.

笛吹きに金を払う者が曲を注文する。

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A little learning is a dangerous thing.

少しばかりの学問は危険なもの。

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Nothing venture, nothing have.

何の冒険もしないなら、何も得られない。

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Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

朝起きは三文の徳。

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He laughs best who laughs last.

早まって喜ぶな、最後に笑える者が勝ち。

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Speak of the devil and he is sure to appear.

悪魔のことを話せば悪魔が現れる。

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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

馬を水際まで連れて行くことは出来るが、水を飲ませることは出来ない。

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Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

結婚前は両眼を大きく見開いておれ、その後は、その半ばを閉じよ。

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It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

ぎりぎりの重荷を負ったラクダはわら1本でも積ませたら参ってしまう。

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Don't cry before you're hurt.

何もされていないうちから文句をいうな。

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Well begun is half done.

滑り出しが好調なら事は半ば成就したのに等しい。

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Forewarned is forearmed.

あらかじめ警告を受けているのは、あらかじめ武装しているに同じ。

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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

お菓子を持っていたり同時に食べたりはできない。

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It's never too late to make amends.

過ちを改むるにはばかることなかれ。

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It's a poor workman who blames his tools.

へたな職人は道具に難癖をつける。

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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなければオムレツは作れない。

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Birds of a feather flock together.

同じ色の羽の鳥は共に集まるものだ。

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A sound mind dwells in a sound body.

健全な精神は健全な肉体に宿る。

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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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What is done cannot be undone.

いったんしたことは元どおりにならない。

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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

何でも屋は何でも中途半端。

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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

こぼれたミルクを嘆いても無駄だ。

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