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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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A great man will be remembered for his achievements.

虎は死して皮を留め、人は死して名を残す。

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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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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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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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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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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

勉強ばかりで遊ばないと子供はだめになる。

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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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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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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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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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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 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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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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 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 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 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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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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To err is human, to forgive divine.

間違いをするのが人間で、許すのは神だ。

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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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There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

100里を行く者は99里を半ばとする。

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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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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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A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.

何時も柳の下に泥鰌は居らぬ。

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

意志あるところには道がある。

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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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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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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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A man is known by the company he keeps.

付き合う仲間を見れば、その人がわかる。

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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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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'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 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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He who would the daughter win, with the mother must begin.

将を射んと欲すれば先ず馬を射よ。

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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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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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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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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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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.

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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