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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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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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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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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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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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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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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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His bark is worse than his bite.

彼のほえるのはかむのよりひどい。

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Well begun is half done.

滑り出しが好調なら事は半ば成就したのに等しい。

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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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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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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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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できても、水を飲ませることはできない。

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

子宝に恵まれに粗末でも、我が家にまさる所はない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマにおいてはローマ人がするようにせよ。

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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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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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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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