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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

こわれやすいガラス張りの家に住む者は石を投げてはいけない。

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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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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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Two wrongs don't make a right.

他人の悪事を引き合いに出して自分の悪事の言い訳をすることはできない。

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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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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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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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Barking dogs seldom bite.

吠える犬はめったに噛み付く事はない。

Hoeru inu wa mettani kamitsuku koto wanai

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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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As you sow, so will you reap.

種をまくように刈り入れることになる。

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

どんなにそまつでも、我が家が一番だ。

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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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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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What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.

ゆりかごの中で覚えたことは墓場まで続く。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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You cannot get blood out of a stone.

石から血を取り出すことはできない。

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

早寝早起きは健康と富と賢さのもと。

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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 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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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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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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