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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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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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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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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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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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It's a poor workman who blames his tools.

へたな職人は道具に難癖をつける。

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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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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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You can't have your cake and eat it too.

両方いいようにはできない。

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The shepherd, even when he become a gentleman, smells of the lamb.

お里が知れる。

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

早起きは三文の徳。

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

意志あるところには道がある。

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

たとえどんなに粗末であろうと、我が家ほどよいところはない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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He who would the daughter win, with the mother must begin.

将を射んと欲すれば先ず馬を射よ。

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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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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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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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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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