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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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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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Do as you would be done by.

人からして貰いたいように人にもなせ。

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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは1日でできたのではなかった。

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"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.

「転がる石は苔をもつけず」はことわざである。

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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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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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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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What is done cannot be undone.

なされたことは元通りにはならない。

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You can't have your cake and eat it too.

両方いいようにはできない。

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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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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 have your cake and eat it too.

ケーキを食べてしかもそのケーキを持っていることはできない。

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Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

どんなにそまつでも、我が家が一番だ。

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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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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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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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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.

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。

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

やる気があれば方法は見つかるもの。

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It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

ぎりぎりの重荷を負ったラクダはわら1本でも積ませたら参ってしまう。

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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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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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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少なければ言い直しもたやすい。

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All his geese are swans.

自分のものならガチョウも白鳥に見える。

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Every cloud has a silver lining.

どの雲にも銀の裏地がついている。

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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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Forewarned is forearmed.

あらかじめ警告を受けているのは、あらかじめ武装しているに同じ。

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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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