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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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'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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

100里を行く者は99里を半ばとする。

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He who pays the piper calls the tune.

費用を受け持つ者に決定権がある。

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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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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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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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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing.

少しばかりの学問は危険なもの。

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Every cloud has a silver lining.

憂いの反面には喜びがあるものだ。

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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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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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The shepherd, even when he become a gentleman, smells of the lamb.

お里が知れる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Where there's a will, there's a way.

意志のあるところには道がある。

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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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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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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 bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.

女房の悪さは六十年の不作。

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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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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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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.

早寝早起きは健康と富と賢さのもと。

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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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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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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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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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