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It is never too late to learn.

決して学ぶのに遅すぎるということはない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

ぎりぎりの重荷を負ったラクダはわら1本でも積ませたら参ってしまう。

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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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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 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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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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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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Nothing venture, nothing have.

何の冒険もしないなら、何も得られない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

どんなにみすぼらしくても、わが家にまさる所はない。

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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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Fine words butter no parsnips.

ただ口先ばかりでは何の役にも立たない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少なければ言い直しもたやすい。

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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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 greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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