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

お里が知れる。

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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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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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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマにおいてはローマ人がするようにせよ。

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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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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 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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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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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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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 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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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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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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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You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

旧弊な人は新しい事になじめない。

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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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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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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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"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.

「転がる石は苔をもつけず」はことわざである。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.

女房の悪さは六十年の不作。

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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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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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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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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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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.

人は関わる友によってその人柄が分かる。

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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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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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