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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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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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As you sow, so will you reap.

種をまくように刈り入れることになる。

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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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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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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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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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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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Better wear out shoes than sheets.

すり減らすのはシーツではなく靴にしろ。

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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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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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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Every cock crows on his own dunghill.

人はだれでもお山の大将になれる。

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You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は教えられない。

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There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

100里を行く者は99里を半ばとする。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 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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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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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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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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