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Every cloud has a silver lining.

どの雲にも銀の裏地がついている。

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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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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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A great man will be remembered for his achievements.

虎は死して皮を留め、人は死して名を残す。

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

たとえどんなに粗末であろうと、我が家ほどよいところはない。

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

どんなに貧しくてとも我が家に優るところはない。

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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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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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There's many a true word spoken in jest.

冗談に言ったことが本当になる場合がたくさんある。

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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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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.

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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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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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A penny saved is a penny earned.

1ペニーの節約は1ペニーの儲け。

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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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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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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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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は善い召使だが悪い主人だ。

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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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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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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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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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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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Well begun is half done.

滑り出しが好調なら事は半ば成就したのに等しい。

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Forewarned is forearmed.

あらかじめ警告を受けているのは、あらかじめ武装しているに同じ。

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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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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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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

100里を行く者は99里を半ばとする。

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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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