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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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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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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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What is done cannot be undone.

やってしまったことは取り返しがつかない。

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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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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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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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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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Better wear out shoes than sheets.

すり減らすのはシーツではなく靴にしろ。

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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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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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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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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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

すんでしまったことをいつまでもくよくよしても始まらない。

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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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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 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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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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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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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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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.

人は関わる友によってその人柄が分かる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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.

ローマではローマ人がするようにせよ。

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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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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 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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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Barking dogs seldom bite.

吠える犬はめったに噛み付く事はない。

Hoeru inu wa mettani kamitsuku koto wanai

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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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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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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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Spare the rod and spoil the child.

鞭を惜しむと子供は駄目になる。

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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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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 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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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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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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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 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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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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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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