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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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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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A man is known by the company he keeps.

人は付き合っている人間でわかる。

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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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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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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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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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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.

早寝早起きは健康と富と賢さのもと。

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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.

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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He who pays the piper calls the tune.

費用を受け持つ者に決定権がある。

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

早寝早起きは人を健康で裕福で賢明にする。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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't have your cake and eat it too.

ケーキを食べてしかもそのケーキを持っていることはできない。

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

やる気があれば方法は見つかるもの。

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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 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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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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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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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

何でもこなす者は名人にはなれない。

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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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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 man is as old as he feels and a woman as old as she looks.

男の年は気持ちで決まり、女の年は容貌で決まる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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What is done cannot be undone.

やってしまったことは元に戻らない。

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

馬を水の所まで連れていっても水を飲ませることはできない。

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