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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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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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Don't cross a bridge till you come to it.

橋の所へこないうちに橋を渡るな。

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A great man will be remembered for his achievements.

虎は死して皮を留め、人は死して名を残す。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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One man's meat is another man's poison.

ある人の食べ物が別の人には毒。

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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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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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The shepherd, even when he become a gentleman, smells of the lamb.

お里が知れる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

ぎりぎりの重荷を負ったラクダはわら1本でも積ませたら参ってしまう。

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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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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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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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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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