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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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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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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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Every cloud has a silver lining.

どんな悪いことにも良い面がある。

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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'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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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなければオムレツは作れない。

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Spare the rod and spoil the child.

鞭を惜しむと子供は駄目になる。

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A little learning is a dangerous thing.

少しばかりの学問は危険なもの。

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All his geese are swans.

自分のものならガチョウも白鳥に見える。

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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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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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A house without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.

魂なき肉体が人間でないのと同様に、愛なき家庭は決して家庭ではない。

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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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A penny saved is a penny earned.

1ペニーの節約は1ペニーの儲け。

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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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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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

過ぎ去ったことを嘆いてもしょうがない。

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Every cock crows on his own dunghill.

人はだれでもお山の大将になれる。

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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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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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You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.

あなたが私の背中をかいてくれれば、私もあなたの背中をかきます。

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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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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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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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There's many a true word spoken in jest.

冗談に言ったことが本当になる場合がたくさんある。

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

金は使っても使われるな。

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To err is human, to forgive divine.

あやまちを犯すのは人の常、ゆるすのは神。

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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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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 cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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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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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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"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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