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Short accounts make long friends.

貸借の期間が短ければ交友期間は長い。

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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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A penny saved is a penny earned.

1ペニーの節約は1ペニーの儲け。

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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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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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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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A fool's bolt is soon shot.

愚者はすぐ奥の手を出し行き詰まる。

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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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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 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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

すんでしまったことをいつまでもくよくよしても始まらない。

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

早寝早起きは健康と富と賢さのもと。

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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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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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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できても、水を飲ませることはできない。

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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 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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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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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.

老いた犬に新しい芸当を教え込むことはできない。

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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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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing.

少しばかりの学問は危険なもの。

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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなければオムレツは作れない。

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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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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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