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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

やってしまったことは取り返しがつかない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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.

付き合う仲間を見れば、その人がわかる。

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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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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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All his geese are swans.

自分のものならガチョウも白鳥に見える。

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Every cloud has a silver lining.

どんな悪いことにも良い面がある。

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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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Barking dogs seldom bite.

吠える犬はめったに噛み付く事はない。

Hoeru inu wa mettani kamitsuku koto wanai

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

早寝早起きは人を健康で裕福で賢明にする。

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When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out the window.

赤貧戸口に至らば、恋は窓より飛び去る。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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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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The last straw breaks the camel's back.

最後のわら一本がらくだの背骨を折る。

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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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Barking dogs seldom bite.

よく吠える犬はめったにかみつかない。

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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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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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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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