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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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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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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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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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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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The danger past and God forgotten.

危険が過ぎると神様は忘れられる。

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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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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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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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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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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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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で裕福で賢明にする。

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

早寝、早起きは人を健康に、富裕に、賢明にする。

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You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

旧弊な人は新しい事になじめない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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'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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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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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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It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

誰にも利益を吹きあたえないような風は悪い風である。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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When the cat is away, the mice will play.

猫がいなくなるとネズミたちが遊びだす。

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