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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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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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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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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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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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What is done cannot be undone.

なされたことは元通りにはならない。

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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマにおいてはローマ人がするようにせよ。

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Faint heart never won fair lady.

気の弱い男が美女を得たためしがない。

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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.

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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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'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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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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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 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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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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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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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出来るが、水を飲ませることは出来ない。

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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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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 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 bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.

女房の悪さは六十年の不作。

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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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Do as you would be done by.

自分が人からしてもらいたいと思うことは人にもせよ。

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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。

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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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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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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 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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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

何でも屋は何でも中途半端。

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You can't take it with you when you die.

死んだらお金はあの世へ持っていけない。

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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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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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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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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは、一日にして建設されたものではない。

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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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Spare the rod and spoil the child.

鞭を惜しむと子供は駄目になる。

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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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As rust eats iron, so care eats the heart.

錆が鉄を虫食むのと同様に心配は心を虫食む。

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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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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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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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Every cloud has a silver lining.

どんな悪いことにも良い面がある。

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As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

小羊を盗んで絞首刑になるくらいなら親羊を盗んで絞首刑になるほうがましだ。

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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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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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