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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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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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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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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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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It's too late to shut the barn door after the horse is stolen.

泥棒を見て縄をなう。

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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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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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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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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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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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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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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.

金は使っても使われるな。

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As you sow, so will you reap.

種をまくように刈り入れることになる。

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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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、富裕に、賢明にする。

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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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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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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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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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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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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.

意志のあるところには道がある。

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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 done cannot be undone.

やってしまったことは元に戻らない。

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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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The last straw breaks the camel's back.

最後のわら一本がらくだの背骨を折る。

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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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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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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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