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

馬を水際まで連れて行くことはできても、水を飲ませることはできない。

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As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

小羊を盗んで絞首刑になるくらいなら親羊を盗んで絞首刑になるほうがましだ。

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A fool's bolt is soon shot.

愚者はすぐ奥の手を出し行き詰まる。

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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 cannot get blood out of a stone.

石から血を取り出すことはできない。

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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

オムレツを作るには卵を割らなくてはならない。

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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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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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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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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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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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Do as you would be done by.

人からして貰いたいように人にもなせ。

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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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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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 friend in need is a friend indeed.

まさかのときの友こそ真の友。

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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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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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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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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは1日で建設されたものではない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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