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

いかに粗末であろうとも我が家に勝る所はない。

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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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One man's meat is another man's poison.

ある人の食べ物が別の人には毒。

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Those who live in glass houses should not 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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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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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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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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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

オムレツを作るには卵を割らなくてはならない。

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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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

すんでしまったことをいつまでもくよくよしても始まらない。

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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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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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To err is human, to forgive divine.

間違いをするのが人間で、許すのは神だ。

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Two wrongs don't make a right.

他人が悪い事をしているからといって自分もそうしてよいということにはならない。

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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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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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A house without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.

魂なき肉体が人間でないのと同様に、愛なき家庭は決して家庭ではない。

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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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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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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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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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

過ぎ去ったことを嘆いてもしょうがない。

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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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Barking dogs seldom bite.

吠える犬はめったに噛み付く事はない。

Hoeru inu wa mettani kamitsuku koto wanai

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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で裕福で賢明にする。

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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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He who would the daughter win, with the mother must begin.

将を射んと欲すれば先ず馬を射よ。

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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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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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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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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは1日でできたのではなかった。

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All his geese are swans.

自分のものならガチョウも白鳥に見える。

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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少なければ言い直しもたやすい。

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

お里が知れる。

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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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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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"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.

「転がる石は苔をもつけず」はことわざである。

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