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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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What is done cannot be undone.

いったんしたことは元どおりにならない。

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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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He who would the daughter win, with the mother must begin.

将を射んと欲すれば先ず馬を射よ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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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"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.

「転がる石は苔をもつけず」はことわざである。

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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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You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は教えられない。

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

意志があるところに道は開ける。

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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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A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.

何時も柳の下に泥鰌は居らぬ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

どんなにそまつでも、我が家が一番だ。

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The last straw breaks the camel's back.

最後のわら一本がらくだの背骨を折る。

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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老いた犬に新しい芸当を教え込むことはできない。

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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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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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It's too late to shut the barn door after the horse is stolen.

泥棒を見て縄をなう。

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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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What is done cannot be undone.

やってしまったことは元に戻らない。

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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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