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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

ぎりぎりの重荷を負ったラクダはわら1本でも積ませたら参ってしまう。

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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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 can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなくてはオムレツは作れない。

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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は善い召使だが悪い主人だ。

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It's a poor workman who blames his tools.

へたな職人は道具に難癖をつける。

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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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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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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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A man is known by the company he keeps.

人は付き合っている人間でわかる。

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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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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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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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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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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 have your cake and eat it too.

両方いいようにはできない。

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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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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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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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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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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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