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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりで着実なのが競走に勝つ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Two wrongs don't make a right.

他人の悪事を引き合いに出して自分の悪事の言い訳をすることはできない。

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Barking dogs seldom bite.

吠える犬はめったに噛み付く事はない。

Hoeru inu wa mettani kamitsuku koto wanai

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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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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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He who pays the piper calls the tune.

笛吹きに金を払う者が曲を注文する。

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When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out the window.

赤貧戸口に至らば、恋は窓より飛び去る。

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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

ガラスの家に住む人は石を投げるべきではない。

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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出来るが、水を飲ませることは出来ない。

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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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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマではローマ人がするようにせよ。

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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.

過ぎ去ったことを嘆いてもしょうがない。

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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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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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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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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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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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