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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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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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All that glitters is not gold.

輝くものすべてが金とは限らない。

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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老いた犬に新しい芸当を教え込むことはできない。

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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できても、水を飲ませることはできない。

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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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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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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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A penny saved is a penny earned.

1ペニーの節約は1ペニーの儲け。

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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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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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It's never too late to make amends.

過ちては改むるに憚ることなかれ。

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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.

自分が人からしてもらいたいと思うことは人にもせよ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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One man's meat is another man's poison.

ある人の食べ物が別の人には毒。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Don't cross a bridge till you come to it.

橋の所へこないうちに橋を渡るな。

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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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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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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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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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Two wrongs don't make a right.

他人の悪事を引き合いに出して自分の悪事の言い訳をすることはできない。

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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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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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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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What is done cannot be undone.

やってしまったことは取り返しがつかない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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、金持ちに、そして賢くする。

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