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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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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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He who would the daughter win, with the mother must begin.

将を射んと欲すれば先ず馬を射よ。

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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion.

大きな集団の尻につくより頭になれ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Spare the rod and spoil the child.

鞭を惜しむと子供は駄目になる。

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You're never too old to learn.

どんなに年を取っても学問ができないことはない。

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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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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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

馬を水の所まで連れていっても水を飲ませることはできない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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A house without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.

魂なき肉体が人間でないのと同様に、愛なき家庭は決して家庭ではない。

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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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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 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.

どんなに貧しくてとも我が家に優るところはない。

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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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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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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 bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.

女房の悪さは六十年の不作。

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