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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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Every cloud has a silver lining.

どの雲にも銀の裏地がついている。

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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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 that glitters is not gold.

輝くものすべてが金とは限らない。

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

早寝、早起きは人を健康に、富裕に、賢明にする。

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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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

意志があるところに道は開ける。

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The last straw breaks the camel's back.

最後のわら一本がらくだの背骨を折る。

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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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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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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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

すんでしまったことをいつまでもくよくよしても始まらない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Two wrongs don't make a right.

他人が悪い事をしているからといって自分もそうしてよいということにはならない。

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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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His bark is worse than his bite.

彼は口やかましいが本心は悪くない。

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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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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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