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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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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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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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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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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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Short accounts make long friends.

貸借の期間が短ければ交友期間は長い。

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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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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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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 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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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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

どんなに貧しくてとも我が家に優るところはない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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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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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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Speak of the devil and he is sure to appear.

悪魔のことを話せば悪魔が現れる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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