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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The shepherd, even when he become a gentleman, smells of the lamb.

お里が知れる。

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

いかに粗末であろうとも我が家に勝る所はない。

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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で裕福で賢明にする。

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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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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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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't have your cake and eat it too.

両方いいようにはできない。

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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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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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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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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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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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Well begun is half done.

滑り出しが好調なら事は半ば成就したのに等しい。

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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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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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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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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