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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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A woman's mind and winter wind change oft.

女心と冬の風はしばしば変わる。

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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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Every cloud has a silver lining.

どんな悪いことにも良い面がある。

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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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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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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 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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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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Spare the rod and spoil the child.

鞭を惜しむと子供は駄目になる。

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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

たまごを割らずにオムレツは作れない。

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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

年取った犬に新しい芸を仕込めない。

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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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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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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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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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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.

人は関わる友によってその人柄が分かる。

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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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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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What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.

すずめ百まで踊り忘れず。

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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 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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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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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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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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As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

小羊を盗んで絞首刑になるくらいなら親羊を盗んで絞首刑になるほうがましだ。

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He who pays the piper calls the tune.

費用を受け持つ者に決定権がある。

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A fool and his money are soon parted.

愚か者の金はすぐにその手を離れる。

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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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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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Do as you would be done by.

自分がしてもらいたいように人にもしなさい。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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You cannot get blood out of a stone.

石から血を取り出すことはできない。

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

お里が知れる。

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