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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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What is done cannot be undone.

なされたことは元通りにはならない。

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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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 fool and his money are soon parted.

愚か者の金はすぐにその手を離れる。

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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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Love me, love my dog.

私と友達になりたいなら、私の友達とも友達になってくれ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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'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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

何でも屋は何でも中途半端。

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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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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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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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When the cat is away, the mice will play.

猫がいなくなるとネズミたちが遊びだす。

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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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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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A sound mind dwells in a sound body.

健全な精神は健全な肉体に宿る。

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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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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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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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