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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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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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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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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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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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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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You're never too old to learn.

学ぶのに年を取りすぎているということはない。

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

お里が知れる。

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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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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で裕福で賢明にする。

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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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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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

子宝に恵まれに粗末でも、我が家にまさる所はない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A great man will be remembered for his achievements.

虎は死して皮を留め、人は死して名を残す。

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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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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A man is as old as he feels and a woman as old as she looks.

男の年は気持ちで決まり、女の年は容貌で決まる。

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He that cannot ask cannot live.

人にものを聞くことができないものは生きることもできない。

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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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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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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 cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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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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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 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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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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