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Example sentences tagged “proverb”

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

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

あらゆる職業に手を出す者は何の熟練工にもなれない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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It's never too late to make amends.

過ちを改むるにはばかることなかれ。

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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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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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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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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 have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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'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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

何でも屋は何でも中途半端。

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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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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなくてはオムレツは作れない。

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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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