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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Spare the rod and spoil the child.

鞭を惜しむと子供は駄目になる。

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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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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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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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He who pays the piper calls the tune.

費用を受け持つ者に決定権がある。

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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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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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Don't cross a bridge till you come to it.

橋の所へこないうちに橋を渡るな。

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He laughs best who laughs last.

早まって喜ぶな、最後に笑える者が勝ち。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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 cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。

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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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Every cloud has a silver lining.

憂いの反面には喜びがあるものだ。

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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

何でも屋は何でも中途半端。

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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは、一日にして建設されたものではない。

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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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