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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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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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A bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.

女房の悪さは六十年の不作。

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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりで着実なのが競走に勝つ。

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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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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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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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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 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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は教えられない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

どんなにみすぼらしくても、わ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.

朝起きは三文の徳。

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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出来るが、水を飲ませることは出来ない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

年取った犬に新しい芸を仕込めない。

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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は善い召使だが悪い主人だ。

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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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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元に戻らない。

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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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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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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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