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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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There is a skeleton in every closet.

どんな家にも内輪の悩みはあるものだ。

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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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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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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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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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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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Barking dogs seldom bite.

吠える犬はめったに噛み付く事はない。

Hoeru inu wa mettani kamitsuku koto wanai

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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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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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A man is known by the company he keeps.

付き合う仲間を見れば、その人がわかる。

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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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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 friend in need is a friend indeed.

まさかのときの友こそ真の友。

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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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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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Every cloud has a silver lining.

憂いの反面には喜びがあるものだ。

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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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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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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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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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You cannot get blood out of a stone.

石から血を取り出すことはできない。

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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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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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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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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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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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There's many a true word spoken in jest.

冗談に言ったことが本当になる場合がたくさんある。

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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.

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。

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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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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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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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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 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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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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"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.

「転がる石は苔をもつけず」はことわざである。

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

早寝早起きは人を健康で裕福で賢明にする。

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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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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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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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Fine words butter no parsnips.

ただ口先ばかりでは何の役にも立たない。

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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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