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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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You're never too old to learn.

どんなに年を取っても学問ができないことはない。

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A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.

何時も柳の下に泥鰌は居らぬ。

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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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There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

100里を行く者は99里を半ばとする。

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Well begun is half done.

始まりがうまければ半ばうまくいったもおなじ。

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A woman's mind and winter wind change oft.

女心と冬の風はしばしば変わる。

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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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You can't take it with you when you die.

死んだらお金はあの世へ持っていけない。

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Don't cross a bridge till you come to it.

橋の所へこないうちに橋を渡るな。

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You're never too old to learn.

学ぶのに年を取りすぎているということはない。

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The shepherd, even when he become a gentleman, smells of the lamb.

お里が知れる。

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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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Fine words butter no parsnips.

ただ口先ばかりでは何の役にも立たない。

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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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The danger past and God forgotten.

危険が過ぎると神様は忘れられる。

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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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Do as you would be done by.

自分がしてもらいたいように人にもしなさい。

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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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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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A fool's bolt is soon shot.

愚者はすぐ奥の手を出し行き詰まる。

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

早寝早起きは健康と富と賢さのもと。

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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、富裕に、賢明にする。

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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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All that glitters is not gold.

輝くものすべてが金とは限らない。

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Where there's a will, there's a way.

意志あるところには道がある。

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A penny saved is a penny earned.

1ペニーの節約は1ペニーの儲け。

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Short accounts make long friends.

貸借の期間が短ければ交友期間は長い。

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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

プディングのうまいまずいは食べてみてから。

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

たとえどんなに粗末であろうと、我が家ほどよいところはない。

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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、金持ちに、そして賢くする。

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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

年取った犬に新しい芸を仕込めない。

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A man is known by the company he keeps.

人は交わる友によってその人物がわかる。

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