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

ゆりかごの中で覚えたことは墓場まで続く。

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

どんなにみすぼらしくても、わが家にまさる所はない。

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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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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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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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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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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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A sound mind dwells in a sound body.

健全な精神は健全な肉体に宿る。

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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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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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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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Faint heart never won fair lady.

気の弱い男が美女を得たためしがない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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

いかに粗末であろうとも我が家に勝る所はない。

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He who pays the piper calls the tune.

笛吹きに金を払う者が曲を注文する。

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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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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 jack of all trades is a master of none.

あらゆる職業に手を出す者は何の熟練工にもなれない。

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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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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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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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You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.

あなたが私の背中をかいてくれれば、私もあなたの背中をかきます。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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