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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

意志あるところには道がある。

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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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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 cry before you're hurt.

何もされていないうちから文句をいうな。

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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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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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The shepherd, even when he become a gentleman, smells of the lamb.

お里が知れる。

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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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His bark is worse than his bite.

彼は口やかましいが本心は悪くない。

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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 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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

すんでしまったことをいつまでもくよくよしても始まらない。

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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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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 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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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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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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What is done cannot be undone.

なされたことは元通りにはならない。

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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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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

やる気があれば方法は見つかるもの。

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To err is human, to forgive divine.

間違いをするのが人間で、許すのは神だ。

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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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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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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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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 man is known by the company he keeps.

付き合う仲間を見れば、その人がわかる。

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

どんなにみすぼらしくても、わが家にまさる所はない。

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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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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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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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