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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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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できても、水を飲ませることはできない。

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There's many a true word spoken in jest.

冗談に言ったことが本当になる場合がたくさんある。

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

どんなにそまつでも、我が家が一番だ。

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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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A great man will be remembered for his achievements.

虎は死して皮を留め、人は死して名を残す。

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

ゆりかごの中で覚えたことは墓場まで続く。

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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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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

たまごを割らずにオムレツは作れない。

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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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Every cock crows on his own dunghill.

人はだれでもお山の大将になれる。

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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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He that cannot ask cannot live.

人にものを聞くことができないものは生きることもできない。

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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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You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.

あなたが私の背中をかいてくれれば、私もあなたの背中をかきます。

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A bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.

女房の悪さは六十年の不作。

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A friend in need is a friend indeed.

まさかのときの友こそ真の友。

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To err is human, to forgive divine.

あやまちを犯すのは人の常、ゆるすのは神。

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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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You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は教えられない。

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

意志があるところに道は開ける。

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Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion.

大きな集団の尻につくより頭になれ。

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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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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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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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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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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 in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマはローマ人のするようにせよ。

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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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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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Do as you would be done by.

自分が人からしてもらいたいと思うことは人にもせよ。

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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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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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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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Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

ガラスの家に住む人は石を投げるべきではない。

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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老いた犬に新しい芸当を教え込むことはできない。

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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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