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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

勉強ばかりで遊ばないと子供はだめになる。

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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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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.

彼は口やかましいが本心は悪くない。

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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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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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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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Well begun is half done.

始まりがうまければ半ばうまくいったもおなじ。

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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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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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One man's meat is another man's poison.

ある人の食べ物が別の人には毒。

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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は善い召使だが悪い主人だ。

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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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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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It's never too late to make amends.

過ちを改むるにはばかることなかれ。

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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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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

お菓子を持っていたり同時に食べたりはできない。

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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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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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Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

子宝に恵まれに粗末でも、我が家にまさる所はない。

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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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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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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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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's too late to shut the barn door after the horse is stolen.

泥棒を見て縄をなう。

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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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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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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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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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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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Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

こわれやすいガラス張りの家に住む者は石を投げてはいけない。

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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

年取った犬に新しい芸を仕込めない。

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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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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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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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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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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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