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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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You're never too old to learn.

どんなに年を取っても学問ができないことはない。

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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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It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

誰にも利益を吹きあたえないような風は悪い風である。

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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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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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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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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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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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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりでも着実にやってゆけば勝負には勝つ。

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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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、富裕に、賢明にする。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.

「転がる石は苔をもつけず」はことわざである。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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