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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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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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It's never too late to make amends.

過ちては改むるに憚ることなかれ。

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

意志あるところには道がある。

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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 make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなければオムレツは作れない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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To err is human, to forgive divine.

あやまちを犯すのは人の常、ゆるすのは神。

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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 have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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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 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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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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Do as you would be done by.

人からして貰いたいように人にもなせ。

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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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

こぼれたミルクを嘆いても無駄だ。

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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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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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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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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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Every cloud has a silver lining.

憂いの反面には喜びがあるものだ。

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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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 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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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 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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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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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマはローマ人のするようにせよ。

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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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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 is a skeleton in every closet.

どんな家にも内輪の悩みはあるものだ。

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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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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'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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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裕福にそして賢明にする。

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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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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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