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

両方いいようにはできない。

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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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Well begun is half done.

出だしがよければ半ばやり遂げたようなものだ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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 that glitters is not gold.

輝くものすべてが金とは限らない。

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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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 teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は教えられない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A fool and his money are soon parted.

愚か者の金はすぐにその手を離れる。

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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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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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There is a skeleton in every closet.

どんな家にも内輪の悩みはあるものだ。

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

子宝に恵まれに粗末でも、我が家にまさる所はない。

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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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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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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