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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A fool and his money are soon parted.

愚か者の金はすぐにその手を離れる。

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You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.

あなたが私の背中をかいてくれれば、私もあなたの背中をかきます。

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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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.

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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

年取った犬に新しい芸を仕込めない。

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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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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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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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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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What is done cannot be undone.

やってしまったことは元に戻らない。

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There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

100里を行く者は99里を半ばとする。

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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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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 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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When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out the window.

赤貧戸口に至らば、恋は窓より飛び去る。

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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 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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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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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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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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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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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.

過ちては改むるに憚ることなかれ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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