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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少なければ言い直しもたやすい。

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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.

卵を割らなければオムレツは作れない。

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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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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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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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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 that glitters is not gold.

輝くものすべてが金とは限らない。

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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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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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The shepherd, even when he become a gentleman, smells of the lamb.

お里が知れる。

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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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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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As you sow, so will you reap.

種をまくように刈り入れることになる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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To err is human, to forgive divine.

あやまちを犯すのは人の常、ゆるすのは神。

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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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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは1日でできたのではなかった。

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When the cat is away, the mice will play.

猫がいなくなるとネズミたちが遊びだす。

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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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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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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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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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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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