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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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Barking dogs seldom bite.

よく吠える犬はめったにかみつかない。

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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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"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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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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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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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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 little learning is a dangerous thing.

少しばかりの学問は危険なもの。

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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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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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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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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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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 danger past and God forgotten.

危険が過ぎると神様は忘れられる。

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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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You can't have your cake and eat it too.

両方いいようにはできない。

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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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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.

なされたことは元通りにはならない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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A man is known by the company he keeps.

人は交わる友によってその人物がわかる。

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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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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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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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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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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

勉強ばかりで遊ばないと子供はだめになる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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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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