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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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A fool and his money are soon parted.

愚か者の金はすぐにその手を離れる。

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

どんなに貧しくてとも我が家に優るところはない。

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

早起きは三文の徳。

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

どんなに粗末な家でも我が家にまさるところはない。

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Love me, love my dog.

私と友達になりたいなら、私の友達とも友達になってくれ。

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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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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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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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It's too late to shut the barn door after the horse is stolen.

泥棒を見て縄をなう。

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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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You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

旧弊な人は新しい事になじめない。

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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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It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

誰にも利益を吹きあたえないような風は悪い風である。

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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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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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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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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなくてはオムレツは作れない。

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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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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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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマにおいてはローマ人がするようにせよ。

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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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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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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 man is known by the company he keeps.

人は関わる友によってその人柄が分かる。

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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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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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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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Faint heart never won fair lady.

気の弱い男が美女を得たためしがない。

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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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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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What is done cannot be undone.

なされたことは元通りにはならない。

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What is done cannot be undone.

やってしまったことは取り返しがつかない。

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

意志のあるところには道がある。

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Spare the rod and spoil the child.

鞭を惜しむと子供は駄目になる。

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