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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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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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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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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.

ゆっくりでも着実にやってゆけば勝負には勝つ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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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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A sound mind dwells in a sound body.

健全な精神は健全な肉体に宿る。

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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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You're never too old to learn.

学ぶのに年を取りすぎているということはない。

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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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Well begun is half done.

始まりがうまければ半ばうまくいったもおなじ。

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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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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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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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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 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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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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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.

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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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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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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The last straw breaks the camel's back.

最後のわら一本がらくだの背骨を折る。

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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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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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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.

早寝早起きは健康と富と賢さのもと。

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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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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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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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What is done cannot be undone.

やってしまったことは元に戻らない。

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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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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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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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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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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 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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One man's meat is another man's poison.

ある人の食べ物が別の人には毒。

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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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