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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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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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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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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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It's too late to shut the barn door after the horse is stolen.

泥棒を見て縄をなう。

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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 woman's mind and winter wind change oft.

女心と冬の風はしばしば変わる。

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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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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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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

ぎりぎりの重荷を負ったラクダはわら1本でも積ませたら参ってしまう。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

ガラスの家に住む人は石を投げるべきではない。

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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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What is done cannot be undone.

いったんしたことは元どおりにならない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 done cannot be undone.

なされたことは元通りにはならない。

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