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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.

口数が少なければ言い直しもたやすい。

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

お里が知れる。

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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

早起きは三文の徳。

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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 friend in need is a friend indeed.

まさかのときの友こそ真の友。

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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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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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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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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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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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Every cloud has a silver lining.

どの雲にも銀の裏地がついている。

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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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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは1日でできたのではなかった。

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