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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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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

馬を水際まで連れて行くことはできても、水を飲ませることはできない。

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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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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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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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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは、一日にして建設されたものではない。

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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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The last straw breaks the camel's back.

最後のわら一本がらくだの背骨を折る。

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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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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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Don't cross a bridge till you come to it.

橋の所へこないうちに橋を渡るな。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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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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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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It's a poor workman who blames his tools.

へたな職人は道具に難癖をつける。

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