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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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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 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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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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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 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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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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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 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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Nothing venture, nothing have.

何の冒険もしないなら、何も得られない。

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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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Faint heart never won fair lady.

気の弱い男が美女を得たためしがない。

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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出来るが、水を飲ませることは出来ない。

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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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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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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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A house without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.

魂なき肉体が人間でないのと同様に、愛なき家庭は決して家庭ではない。

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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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Every cloud has a silver lining.

憂いの反面には喜びがあるものだ。

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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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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 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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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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 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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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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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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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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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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