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An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

りんご一日一個で医者知らず。

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An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

一日一個の林檎で医者いらず。

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You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は教えられない。

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You cannot make a crab walk straight.

蟹を縦に歩かせることはできない。

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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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Better to be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

ライオンの尾となる犬より犬の頭となるほうがいい。

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If two men always have the same opinion, one of them is unnecessary.

もし二人の人が常に同じ意見を持っていたら、そのうちの一人は必要ない。

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It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock.

おんどりよりもめんどりの方が大声で鳴く家は悲しい家だ。

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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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He who carries nothing loses nothing.

持たないものは失うことはない。

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An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

1日1個のりんごは医者を遠ざける。

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Happy is she who marries the son of a dead mother.

親にしなれた息子と結婚する女性は幸せである。

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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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He who loves not wine, woman and songs, remains a fool his whole life long.

酒、女、歌を愛さない者は、一生ばかな人生を送る。

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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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An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

1日1個のリンゴを食べれば医者はいらない。

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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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Those who possess nothing lose nothing.

何ももっていない者は何も失うことはない。

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If you want a man to propose marriage, feed him well.

男の人にプロポーズして欲しかったらおいしいものをたくさん食べさせよ。

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If mankind doesn't take care of the environment, the environment may eliminate mankind.

人類が環境を保護しなければ環境から人類は締め出されるだろう。

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An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

一日1個のリンゴを食べれば医者はいらない。

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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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An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

いちにちいっこのりんごをたべれば、いしゃはいらない。

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An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

1日にリンゴ1個で医者いらず。

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Not wanting is the same as having.

欲しくないという事は持っていると同じことだ。

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If it is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well.

いやしくもなすに足る事なら立派にやるだけの価値がある。

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The optimist looks into a mirror and becomes more optimistic, the pessimist more pessimistic.

楽観主義者は鏡をのぞきこんでますます楽天的に、悲観論者はますます悲観的になる。

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The more worthless the plant, the more rapid and splendid is its growth.

植物は価値が低いものほど、その成長が速く盛んである。

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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

もしも神が存在しないのならば、神を造り出す必要があろう。

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