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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

過ぎ去ったことを嘆いてもしょうがない。

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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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

意志あるところには道がある。

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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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You can't have your cake and eat it too.

ケーキを食べてしかもそのケーキを持っていることはできない。

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When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out the window.

赤貧戸口に至らば、恋は窓より飛び去る。

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

たとえどんなに粗末であろうと、我が家ほどよいところはない。

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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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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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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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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 cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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 fool's bolt is soon shot.

愚者はすぐ奥の手を出し行き詰まる。

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

どんなに貧しくてとも我が家に優るところはない。

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Don't cross a bridge till you come to it.

橋の所へこないうちに橋を渡るな。

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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

勉強ばかりで遊ばないと子供はだめになる。

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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、金持ちに、そして賢くする。

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A house without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.

魂なき肉体が人間でないのと同様に、愛なき家庭は決して家庭ではない。

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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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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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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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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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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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What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.

すずめ百まで踊り忘れず。

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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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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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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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