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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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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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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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He laughs best who laughs last.

早まって喜ぶな、最後に笑える者が勝ち。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

プディングのうまいまずいは食べてみてから。

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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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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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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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A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.

何時も柳の下に泥鰌は居らぬ。

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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できても、水を飲ませることはできない。

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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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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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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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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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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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A man is known by the company he keeps.

人は関わる友によってその人柄が分かる。

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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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Better wear out shoes than sheets.

すり減らすのはシーツではなく靴にしろ。

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

ケーキを食べてしかもそのケーキを持っていることはできない。

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

朝起きは三文の徳。

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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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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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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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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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