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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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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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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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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりと着実なのが競争に勝つ。

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Every cock crows on his own dunghill.

人はだれでもお山の大将になれる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

たまごを割らずにオムレツは作れない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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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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Nothing venture, nothing have.

何の冒険もしないなら、何も得られない。

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A bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.

女房の悪さは六十年の不作。

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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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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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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

勉強ばかりで遊ばないと子供はだめになる。

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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.

早起きは三文の徳。

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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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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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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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A friend in need is a friend indeed.

まさかのときの友こそ真の友。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは1日で建設されたものではない。

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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、金持ちに、そして賢くする。

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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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