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

どんなにそまつでも、我が家が一番だ。

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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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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 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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりでも着実にやってゆけば勝負には勝つ。

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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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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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The danger past and God forgotten.

危険が過ぎると神様は忘れられる。

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

どんなに粗末な家でも我が家にまさるところはない。

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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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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'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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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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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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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Don't cross a bridge till you come to it.

橋の所へこないうちに橋を渡るな。

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Every cloud has a silver lining.

憂いの反面には喜びがあるものだ。

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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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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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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'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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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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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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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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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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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