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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

年取った犬に新しい芸を仕込めない。

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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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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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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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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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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 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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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、富裕に、賢明にする。

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

ゆりかごの中で覚えたことは墓場まで続く。

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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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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりで着実なのが競走に勝つ。

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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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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 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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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Every cloud has a silver lining.

どんな悪いことにも良い面がある。

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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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It's never too late to make amends.

過ちては改むるに憚ることなかれ。

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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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。

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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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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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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりでも着実にやってゆけば勝負には勝つ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは、一日にして建設されたものではない。

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

いかに粗末であろうとも我が家に勝る所はない。

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