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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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'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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

プディングのうまいまずいは食べてみてから。

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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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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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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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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

馬を水の所まで連れていっても水を飲ませることはできない。

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

子宝に恵まれに粗末でも、我が家にまさる所はない。

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