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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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'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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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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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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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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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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりで着実なのが競走に勝つ。

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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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"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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A man is known by the company he keeps.

付き合う仲間を見れば、その人がわかる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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You can't have your cake and eat it too.

両方いいようにはできない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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