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

早寝早起きは人を健康に裕福にそして賢明にする。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Well begun is half done.

始まりがうまければ半ばうまくいったもおなじ。

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Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

こわれやすいガラス張りの家に住む者は石を投げてはいけない。

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

早寝早起きは人を健康に、金持ちに、そして賢くする。

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It is never too late to learn.

決して学ぶのに遅すぎるということはない。

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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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A man is known by the company he keeps.

人は関わる友によってその人柄が分かる。

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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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You're never too old to learn.

学ぶのに年を取りすぎているということはない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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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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Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

結婚前は両眼を大きく見開いておれ、その後は、その半ばを閉じよ。

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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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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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