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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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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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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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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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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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As rust eats iron, so care eats the heart.

錆が鉄を虫食むのと同様に心配は心を虫食む。

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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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Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

たとえどんなに粗末であろうと、我が家ほどよいところはない。

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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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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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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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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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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't teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は教えられない。

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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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You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

旧弊な人は新しい事になじめない。

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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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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.

すずめ百まで踊り忘れず。

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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 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 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 cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。

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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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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A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.

何時も柳の下に泥鰌は居らぬ。

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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

お菓子を持っていたり同時に食べたりはできない。

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Faint heart never won fair lady.

気の弱い男が美女を得たためしがない。

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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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Nothing venture, nothing have.

何の冒険もしないなら、何も得られない。

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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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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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