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

どんなにみすぼらしくても、わが家にまさる所はない。

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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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A fool and his money are soon parted.

愚か者の金はすぐにその手を離れる。

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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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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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As rust eats iron, so care eats the heart.

錆が鉄を虫食むのと同様に心配は心を虫食む。

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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 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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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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What is done cannot be undone.

いったんしたことは元どおりにならない。

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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.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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 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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Don't cry before you're hurt.

何もされていないうちから文句をいうな。

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

お里が知れる。

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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

こぼれたミルクを嘆いても無駄だ。

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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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