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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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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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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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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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Every cloud has a silver lining.

どの雲にも銀の裏地がついている。

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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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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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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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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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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは、一日にして建設されたものではない。

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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 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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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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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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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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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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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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりと着実なのが競争に勝つ。

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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 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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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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As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

小羊を盗んで絞首刑になるくらいなら親羊を盗んで絞首刑になるほうがましだ。

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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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Two wrongs don't make a right.

他人の悪事を引き合いに出して自分の悪事の言い訳をすることはできない。

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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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As rust eats iron, so care eats the heart.

錆が鉄を虫食むのと同様に心配は心を虫食む。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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