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

ケーキを食べてしかもそのケーキを持っていることはできない。

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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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"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.

「転がる石は苔をもつけず」はことわざである。

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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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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.

意志のあるところには道がある。

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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 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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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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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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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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You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は教えられない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.

女房の悪さは六十年の不作。

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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A man is as old as he feels and a woman as old as she looks.

男の年は気持ちで決まり、女の年は容貌で決まる。

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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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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

お菓子を持っていたり同時に食べたりはできない。

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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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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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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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