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Do as you would be done by.

自分が人からしてもらいたいと思うことは人にもせよ。

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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなくてはオムレツは作れない。

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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は善い召使だが悪い主人だ。

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

いかに粗末であろうとも我が家に勝る所はない。

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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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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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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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A great man will be remembered for his achievements.

虎は死して皮を留め、人は死して名を残す。

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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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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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Barking dogs seldom bite.

よく吠える犬はめったにかみつかない。

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To err is human, to forgive divine.

間違いをするのが人間で、許すのは神だ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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 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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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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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 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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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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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'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 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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

年取った犬に新しい芸を仕込めない。

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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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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 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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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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