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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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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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Two wrongs don't make a right.

他人が悪い事をしているからといって自分もそうしてよいということにはならない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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Well begun is half done.

始まりがうまければ半ばうまくいったもおなじ。

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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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Well begun is half done.

滑り出しが好調なら事は半ば成就したのに等しい。

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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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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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There is a skeleton in every closet.

どんな家にも内輪の悩みはあるものだ。

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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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Every cloud has a silver lining.

憂いの反面には喜びがあるものだ。

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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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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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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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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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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 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'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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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、富裕に、賢明にする。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The shepherd, even when he become a gentleman, smells of the lamb.

お里が知れる。

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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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Do as you would be done by.

自分がしてもらいたいように人にもしなさい。

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

朝起きは三文の徳。

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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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A man is known by the company he keeps.

付き合う仲間を見れば、その人がわかる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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