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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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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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Fine words butter no parsnips.

ただ口先ばかりでは何の役にも立たない。

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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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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

何でも屋は何でも中途半端。

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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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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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Well begun is half done.

滑り出しが好調なら事は半ば成就したのに等しい。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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、金持ちに、そして賢くする。

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

早寝早起きは人を健康で裕福で賢明にする。

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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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You're never too old to learn.

学ぶのに年を取りすぎているということはない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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Every cloud has a silver lining.

どの雲にも銀の裏地がついている。

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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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Barking dogs seldom bite.

吠える犬はめったに噛み付く事はない。

Hoeru inu wa mettani kamitsuku koto wanai

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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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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、富裕に、賢明にする。

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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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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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