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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなければオムレツは作れない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.

すずめ百まで踊り忘れず。

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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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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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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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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