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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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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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His bark is worse than his bite.

彼のほえるのはかむのよりひどい。

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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 touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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There's many a true word spoken in jest.

冗談に言ったことが本当になる場合がたくさんある。

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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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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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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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりと着実なのが競争に勝つ。

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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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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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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 teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。

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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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

ガラスの家に住む人は石を投げるべきではない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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 bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.

女房の悪さは六十年の不作。

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A friend in need is a friend indeed.

まさかのときの友こそ真の友。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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