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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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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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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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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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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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Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion.

大きな集団の尻につくより頭になれ。

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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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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマにおいてはローマ人がするようにせよ。

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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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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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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマはローマ人のするようにせよ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 great man will be remembered for his achievements.

虎は死して皮を留め、人は死して名を残す。

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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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There's many a true word spoken in jest.

冗談に言ったことが本当になる場合がたくさんある。

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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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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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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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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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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.

早起きは三文の徳。

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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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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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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 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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Well begun is half done.

始まりがうまければ半ばうまくいったもおなじ。

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

どんなにそまつでも、我が家が一番だ。

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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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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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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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Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

朝起きは三文の徳。

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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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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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