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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

早起きは三文の徳。

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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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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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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

会わないでいると人の心はいっそう愛情が深くなる。

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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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Better wear out shoes than sheets.

すり減らすのはシーツではなく靴にしろ。

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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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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは、一日にして建設されたものではない。

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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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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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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 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.

彼のほえるのはかむのよりひどい。

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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 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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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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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 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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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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You're never too old to learn.

どんなに年を取っても学問ができないことはない。

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He that cannot ask cannot live.

人にものを聞くことができないものは生きることもできない。

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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The shepherd, even when he become a gentleman, smells of the lamb.

お里が知れる。

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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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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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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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