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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老いた犬に新しい芸当を教え込むことはできない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Well begun is half done.

滑り出しが好調なら事は半ば成就したのに等しい。

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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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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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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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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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Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

朝起きは三文の徳。

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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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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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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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A penny saved is a penny earned.

1ペニーの節約は1ペニーの儲け。

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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 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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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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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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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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"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 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'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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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