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Do as you would be done by.

自分が人からしてもらいたいと思うことは人にもせよ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Short accounts make long friends.

貸借の期間が短ければ交友期間は長い。

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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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A penny saved is a penny earned.

1ペニーの節約は1ペニーの儲け。

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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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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 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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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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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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Every Jack must have his Jill.

どんな男にもそれ相当の嫁のきてがあるもの。

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

どんなにそまつでも、我が家が一番だ。

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Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

早寝早起きは健康と富と賢さのもと。

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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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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、金持ちに、そして賢くする。

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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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

すんでしまったことをいつまでもくよくよしても始まらない。

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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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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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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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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.

やる気があれば方法は見つかるもの。

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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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It is never too late to learn.

決して学ぶのに遅すぎるということはない。

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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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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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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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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 cloud has a silver lining.

憂いの反面には喜びがあるものだ。

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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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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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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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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

何でも屋は何でも中途半端。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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