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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 can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

馬を水の所まで連れていっても水を飲ませることはできない。

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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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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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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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As rust eats iron, so care eats the heart.

錆が鉄を虫食むのと同様に心配は心を虫食む。

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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で裕福で賢明にする。

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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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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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It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

誰にも利益を吹きあたえないような風は悪い風である。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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