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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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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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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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What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.

すずめ百まで踊り忘れず。

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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Every Jack must have his Jill.

どんな男にもそれ相当の嫁のきてがあるもの。

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What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.

ゆりかごの中で覚えたことは墓場まで続く。

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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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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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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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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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His bark is worse than his bite.

彼のほえるのはかむのよりひどい。

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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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.

意志あるところには道がある。

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Two wrongs don't make a right.

他人が悪い事をしているからといって自分もそうしてよいということにはならない。

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

お里が知れる。

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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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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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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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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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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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