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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 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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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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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'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'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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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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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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To err is human, to forgive divine.

間違いをするのが人間で、許すのは神だ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

何でも屋は何でも中途半端。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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You can't have your cake and eat it too.

両方いいようにはできない。

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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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.

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。

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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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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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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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