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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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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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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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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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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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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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He who pays the piper calls the tune.

笛吹きに金を払う者が曲を注文する。

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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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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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The danger past and God forgotten.

危険が過ぎると神様は忘れられる。

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Where there's a will, there's a way.

意志があるところに道は開ける。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなければオムレツは作れない。

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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は善い召使だが悪い主人だ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Where there's a will, there's a way.

意志あるところには道がある。

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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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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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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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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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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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