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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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As you sow, so will you reap.

種をまくように刈り入れることになる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりで着実なのが競走に勝つ。

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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出来るが、水を飲ませることは出来ない。

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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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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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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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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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Do as you would be done by.

自分がしてもらいたいように人にもしなさい。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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A great man will be remembered for his achievements.

虎は死して皮を留め、人は死して名を残す。

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Well begun is half done.

始まりがうまければ半ばうまくいったもおなじ。

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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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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 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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