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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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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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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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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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Forewarned is forearmed.

あらかじめ警告を受けているのは、あらかじめ武装しているに同じ。

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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

オムレツを作るには卵を割らなくてはならない。

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All his geese are swans.

自分のものならガチョウも白鳥に見える。

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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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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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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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What is done cannot be undone.

いったんしたことは元どおりにならない。

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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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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 cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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Short accounts make long friends.

貸借の期間が短ければ交友期間は長い。

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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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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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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.

たとえどんなに粗末であろうと、我が家ほどよいところはない。

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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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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、富裕に、賢明にする。

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Barking dogs seldom bite.

吠える犬はめったに噛み付く事はない。

Hoeru inu wa mettani kamitsuku koto wanai

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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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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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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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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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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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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing.

少しばかりの学問は危険なもの。

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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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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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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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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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