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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

何でも屋は何でも中途半端。

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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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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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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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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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"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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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Well begun is half done.

出だしがよければ半ばやり遂げたようなものだ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

オムレツを作るには卵を割らなくてはならない。

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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 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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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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Don't cry before you're hurt.

何もされていないうちから文句をいうな。

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When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out the window.

赤貧戸口に至らば、恋は窓より飛び去る。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなければオムレツは作れない。

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