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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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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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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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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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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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You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.

あなたが私の背中をかいてくれれば、私もあなたの背中をかきます。

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Every cloud has a silver lining.

どんな悪いことにも良い面がある。

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Don't cry before you're hurt.

何もされていないうちから文句をいうな。

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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

こわれやすいガラス張りの家に住む者は石を投げてはいけない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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裕福にそして賢明にする。

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You're never too old to learn.

どんなに年を取っても学問ができないことはない。

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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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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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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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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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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマはローマ人のするようにせよ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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A woman's mind and winter wind change oft.

女心と冬の風はしばしば変わる。

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