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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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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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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、富裕に、賢明にする。

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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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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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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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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.

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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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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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裕福にそして賢明にする。

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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

過ぎ去ったことを嘆いてもしょうがない。

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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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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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Nothing venture, nothing have.

何の冒険もしないなら、何も得られない。

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

お里が知れる。

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

どんなにみすぼらしくても、わが家にまさる所はない。

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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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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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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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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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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

馬を水の所まで連れていっても水を飲ませることはできない。

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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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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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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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What is done cannot be undone.

やってしまったことは元に戻らない。

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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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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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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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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 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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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