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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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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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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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Don't cry before you're hurt.

何もされていないうちから文句をいうな。

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He that cannot ask cannot live.

人にものを聞くことができないものは生きることもできない。

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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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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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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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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 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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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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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 cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

こぼれたミルクを嘆いても無駄だ。

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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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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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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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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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To err is human, to forgive divine.

間違いをするのが人間で、許すのは神だ。

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

お里が知れる。

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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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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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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出来るが、水を飲ませることは出来ない。

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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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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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Two wrongs don't make a right.

他人が悪い事をしているからといって自分もそうしてよいということにはならない。

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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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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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Well begun is half done.

滑り出しが好調なら事は半ば成就したのに等しい。

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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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To err is human, to forgive divine.

あやまちを犯すのは人の常、ゆるすのは神。

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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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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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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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Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

こわれやすいガラス張りの家に住む者は石を投げてはいけない。

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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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A fool and his money are soon parted.

愚か者の金はすぐにその手を離れる。

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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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