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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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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマではローマ人がするようにせよ。

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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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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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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

会わないでいると人の心はいっそう愛情が深くなる。

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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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Don't cross a bridge till you come to it.

橋の所へこないうちに橋を渡るな。

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Two wrongs don't make a right.

他人の悪事を引き合いに出して自分の悪事の言い訳をすることはできない。

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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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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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You can't take it with you when you die.

死んだらお金はあの世へ持っていけない。

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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裕福にそして賢明にする。

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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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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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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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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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Love me, love my dog.

私と友達になりたいなら、私の友達とも友達になってくれ。

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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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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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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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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できても、水を飲ませることはできない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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It's never too late to make amends.

過ちを改むるにはばかることなかれ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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