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

ケーキを食べてしかもそのケーキを持っていることはできない。

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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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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He laughs best who laughs last.

早まって喜ぶな、最後に笑える者が勝ち。

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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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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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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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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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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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As rust eats iron, so care eats the heart.

錆が鉄を虫食むのと同様に心配は心を虫食む。

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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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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Do as you would be done by.

自分がしてもらいたいように人にもしなさい。

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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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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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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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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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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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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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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