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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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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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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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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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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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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 woman's mind and winter wind change oft.

女心と冬の風はしばしば変わる。

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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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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 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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What is done cannot be undone.

やってしまったことは元に戻らない。

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

意志があるところに道は開ける。

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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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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'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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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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Do as you would be done by.

自分がしてもらいたいように人にもしなさい。

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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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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 who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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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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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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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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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなくてはオムレツは作れない。

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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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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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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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Do as you would be done by.

人からして貰いたいように人にもなせ。

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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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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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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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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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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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