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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Well begun is half done.

出だしがよければ半ばやり遂げたようなものだ。

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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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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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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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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 no use crying over spilt milk.

こぼれたミルクを嘆いても無駄だ。

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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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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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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'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'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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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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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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The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

プディングのうまいまずいは食べてみてから。

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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.

早寝早起きは健康と富と賢さのもと。

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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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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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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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Do as you would be done by.

自分が人からしてもらいたいと思うことは人にもせよ。

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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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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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

すんでしまったことをいつまでもくよくよしても始まらない。

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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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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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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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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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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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Where there's a will, there's a way.

やる気があれば方法は見つかるもの。

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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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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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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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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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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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