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

どんなに粗末な家でも我が家にまさるところはない。

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

お里が知れる。

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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.

卵を割らなくてはオムレツは作れない。

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You can't take it with you when you die.

死んだらお金はあの世へ持っていけない。

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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 great man will be remembered for his achievements.

虎は死して皮を留め、人は死して名を残す。

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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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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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He that cannot ask cannot live.

人にものを聞くことができないものは生きることもできない。

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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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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 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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は善い召使だが悪い主人だ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Every cloud has a silver lining.

どんな悪いことにも良い面がある。

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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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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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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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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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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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Well begun is half done.

出だしがよければ半ばやり遂げたようなものだ。

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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは、一日にして建設されたものではない。

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Fine words butter no parsnips.

ただ口先ばかりでは何の役にも立たない。

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It is never too late to learn.

決して学ぶのに遅すぎるということはない。

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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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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't teach an old dog new tricks.

旧弊な人は新しい事になじめない。

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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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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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Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

早寝早起きは人を健康で裕福で賢明にする。

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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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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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A man is as old as he feels and a woman as old as she looks.

男の年は気持ちで決まり、女の年は容貌で決まる。

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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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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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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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