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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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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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Every Jack must have his Jill.

どんな男にもそれ相当の嫁のきてがあるもの。

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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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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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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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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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As you sow, so will you reap.

種をまくように刈り入れることになる。

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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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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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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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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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で裕福で賢明にする。

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

子宝に恵まれに粗末でも、我が家にまさる所はない。

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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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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 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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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

会わないでいると人の心はいっそう愛情が深くなる。

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His bark is worse than his bite.

彼は口やかましいが本心は悪くない。

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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'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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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 cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは、一日にして建設されたものではない。

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What is done cannot be undone.

いったんしたことは元どおりにならない。

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

どんなにみすぼらしくても、わが家にまさる所はない。

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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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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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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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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 friend in need is a friend indeed.

まさかのときの友こそ真の友。

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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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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 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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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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