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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなくてはオムレツは作れない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Fine words butter no parsnips.

ただ口先ばかりでは何の役にも立たない。

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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

会わないでいると人の心はいっそう愛情が深くなる。

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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりと着実なのが競争に勝つ。

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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

馬を水際まで連れて行くことはできても、水を飲ませることはできない。

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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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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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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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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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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 can't take it with you when you die.

死んだらお金はあの世へ持っていけない。

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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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.

どんなに粗末な家でも我が家にまさるところはない。

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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing.

少しばかりの学問は危険なもの。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 is a skeleton in every closet.

どんな家にも内輪の悩みはあるものだ。

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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマにおいてはローマ人がするようにせよ。

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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマではローマ人がするようにせよ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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