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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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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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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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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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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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A woman's mind and winter wind change oft.

女心と冬の風はしばしば変わる。

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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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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 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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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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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは1日で建設されたものではない。

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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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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.

ゆりかごの中で覚えたことは墓場まで続く。

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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 is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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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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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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A friend in need is a friend indeed.

まさかのときの友こそ真の友。

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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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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.

どんなに粗末な家でも我が家にまさるところはない。

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Do as you would be done by.

人からして貰いたいように人にもなせ。

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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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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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A man is known by the company he keeps.

人は交わる友によってその人物がわかる。

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You're never too old to learn.

どんなに年を取っても学問ができないことはない。

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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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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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A bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.

女房の悪さは六十年の不作。

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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

勉強ばかりで遊ばないと子供はだめになる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing.

少しばかりの学問は危険なもの。

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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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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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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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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

馬を水の所まで連れていっても水を飲ませることはできない。

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