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Example sentences tagged “proverb”

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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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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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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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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 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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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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You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.

あなたが私の背中をかいてくれれば、私もあなたの背中をかきます。

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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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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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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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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 cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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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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You can't have your cake and eat it too.

両方いいようにはできない。

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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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As rust eats iron, so care eats the heart.

錆が鉄を虫食むのと同様に心配は心を虫食む。

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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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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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When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out the window.

赤貧戸口に至らば、恋は窓より飛び去る。

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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

あらゆる職業に手を出す者は何の熟練工にもなれない。

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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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Barking dogs seldom bite.

よく吠える犬はめったにかみつかない。

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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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'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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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