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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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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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Love me, love my dog.

私と友達になりたいなら、私の友達とも友達になってくれ。

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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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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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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

お菓子を持っていたり同時に食べたりはできない。

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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で裕福で賢明にする。

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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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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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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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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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You can't have your cake and eat it too.

両方いいようにはできない。

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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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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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To err is human, to forgive divine.

間違いをするのが人間で、許すのは神だ。

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Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

こわれやすいガラス張りの家に住む者は石を投げてはいけない。

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A sound mind dwells in a sound body.

健全な精神は健全な肉体に宿る。

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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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

プディングのうまいまずいは食べてみてから。

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Nothing venture, nothing have.

何の冒険もしないなら、何も得られない。

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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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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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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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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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You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.

あなたが私の背中をかいてくれれば、私もあなたの背中をかきます。

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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.

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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A fool's bolt is soon shot.

愚者はすぐ奥の手を出し行き詰まる。

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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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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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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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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

何でもこなす者は名人にはなれない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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