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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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.

あやまちを犯すのは人の常、ゆるすのは神。

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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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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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Every Jack must have his Jill.

どんな男にもそれ相当の嫁のきてがあるもの。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing.

少しばかりの学問は危険なもの。

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There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

100里を行く者は99里を半ばとする。

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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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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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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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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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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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What is done cannot be undone.

いったんしたことは元どおりにならない。

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Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

早寝早起きは健康と富と賢さのもと。

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The danger past and God forgotten.

危険が過ぎると神様は忘れられる。

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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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Barking dogs seldom bite.

吠える犬はめったに噛み付く事はない。

Hoeru inu wa mettani kamitsuku koto wanai

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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'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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Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion.

大きな集団の尻につくより頭になれ。

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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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Short accounts make long friends.

貸借の期間が短ければ交友期間は長い。

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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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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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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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