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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion.

大きな集団の尻につくより頭になれ。

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Where there's a will, there's a way.

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

いかに粗末であろうとも我が家に勝る所はない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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As you sow, so will you reap.

種をまくように刈り入れることになる。

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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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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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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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