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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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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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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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You can't have your cake and eat it too.

両方いいようにはできない。

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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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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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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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You're never too old to learn.

どんなに年を取っても学問ができないことはない。

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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは1日で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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One man's meat is another man's poison.

ある人の食べ物が別の人には毒。

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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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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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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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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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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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A friend in need is a friend indeed.

まさかのときの友こそ真の友。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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、金持ちに、そして賢くする。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少なければ言い直しもたやすい。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 have your cake and eat it too.

ケーキを食べてしかもそのケーキを持っていることはできない。

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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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