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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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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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Birds of a feather flock together.

同じ色の羽の鳥は共に集まるものだ。

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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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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.

早寝早起きは健康と富と賢さのもと。

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Don't cry before you're hurt.

何もされていないうちから文句をいうな。

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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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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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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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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.

自分がしてもらいたいように人にもしなさい。

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You're never too old to learn.

どんなに年を取っても学問ができないことはない。

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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

たまごを割らずにオムレツは作れない。

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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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

こぼれたミルクを嘆いても無駄だ。

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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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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

お菓子を持っていたり同時に食べたりはできない。

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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 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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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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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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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりでも着実にやってゆけば勝負には勝つ。

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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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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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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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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Love me, love my dog.

私と友達になりたいなら、私の友達とも友達になってくれ。

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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 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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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