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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

どんなにみすぼらしくても、わが家にまさる所はない。

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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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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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It's too late to shut the barn door after the horse is stolen.

泥棒を見て縄をなう。

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Where there's a will, there's a way.

意志のあるところには道がある。

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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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As you sow, so will you reap.

種をまくように刈り入れることになる。

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

早寝、早起きは人を健康に、富裕に、賢明にする。

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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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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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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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Do as you would be done by.

人からして貰いたいように人にもなせ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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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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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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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなければオムレツは作れない。

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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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He that cannot ask cannot live.

人にものを聞くことができないものは生きることもできない。

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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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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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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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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 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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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 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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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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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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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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Better wear out shoes than sheets.

すり減らすのはシーツではなく靴にしろ。

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