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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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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 man is known by the company he keeps.

人は交わる友によってその人物がわかる。

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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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Well begun is half done.

始まりがうまければ半ばうまくいったもおなじ。

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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Nothing venture, nothing have.

何の冒険もしないなら、何も得られない。

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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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Do as you would be done by.

人からして貰いたいように人にもなせ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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