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Two wrongs don't make a right.

他人が悪い事をしているからといって自分もそうしてよいということにはならない。

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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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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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

過ぎ去ったことを嘆いてもしょうがない。

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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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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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The danger past and God forgotten.

危険が過ぎると神様は忘れられる。

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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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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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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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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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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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The shepherd, even when he become a gentleman, smells of the lamb.

お里が知れる。

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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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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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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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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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Every Jack must have his Jill.

どんな男にもそれ相当の嫁のきてがあるもの。

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

どんなに貧しくてとも我が家に優るところはない。

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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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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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A great man will be remembered for his achievements.

虎は死して皮を留め、人は死して名を残す。

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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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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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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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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.

早寝早起きは人を健康で裕福で賢明にする。

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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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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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It is never too late to learn.

決して学ぶのに遅すぎるということはない。

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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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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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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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Love me, love my dog.

私と友達になりたいなら、私の友達とも友達になってくれ。

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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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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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