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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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Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

結婚前は両眼を大きく見開いておれ、その後は、その半ばを閉じよ。

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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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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.

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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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

勉強ばかりで遊ばないと子供はだめになる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老いた犬に新しい芸当を教え込むことはできない。

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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

過ぎ去ったことを嘆いてもしょうがない。

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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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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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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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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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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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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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Speak of the devil and he is sure to appear.

悪魔のことを話せば悪魔が現れる。

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

すずめ百まで踊り忘れず。

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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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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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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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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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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出来るが、水を飲ませることは出来ない。

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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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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.

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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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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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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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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