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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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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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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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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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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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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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"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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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマはローマ人のするようにせよ。

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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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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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A friend in need is a friend indeed.

まさかのときの友こそ真の友。

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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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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 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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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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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 bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.

女房の悪さは六十年の不作。

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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。

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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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He who pays the piper calls the tune.

笛吹きに金を払う者が曲を注文する。

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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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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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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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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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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.

人からして貰いたいように人にもなせ。

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

早寝早起きは健康と富と賢さのもと。

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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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 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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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You can't take it with you when you die.

死んだらお金はあの世へ持っていけない。

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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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It's never too late to make amends.

過ちを改むるにはばかることなかれ。

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