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Example sentences tagged “proverb”

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

お菓子を持っていたり同時に食べたりはできない。

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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.

卵を割らなくてはオムレツは作れない。

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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

過ぎ去ったことを嘆いてもしょうがない。

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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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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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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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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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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 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 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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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.

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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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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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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Spare the rod and spoil the child.

鞭を惜しむと子供は駄目になる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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裕福にそして賢明にする。

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The last straw breaks the camel's back.

最後のわら一本がらくだの背骨を折る。

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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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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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Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

こわれやすいガラス張りの家に住む者は石を投げてはいけない。

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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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Every cloud has a silver lining.

憂いの反面には喜びがあるものだ。

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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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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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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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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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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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