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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'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 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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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Do as you would be done by.

人からして貰いたいように人にもなせ。

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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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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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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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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 hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりと着実なのが競争に勝つ。

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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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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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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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There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

100里を行く者は99里を半ばとする。

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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.

早寝早起きは人を健康で裕福で賢明にする。

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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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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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All that glitters is not gold.

輝くものすべてが金とは限らない。

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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'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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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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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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Love me, love my dog.

私と友達になりたいなら、私の友達とも友達になってくれ。

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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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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 fool and his money are soon parted.

愚か者の金はすぐにその手を離れる。

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