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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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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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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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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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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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A man is known by the company he keeps.

人は付き合っている人間でわかる。

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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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

こぼれたミルクを嘆いても無駄だ。

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A friend in need is a friend indeed.

まさかのときの友こそ真の友。

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The shepherd, even when he become a gentleman, smells of the lamb.

お里が知れる。

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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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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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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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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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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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What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.

ゆりかごの中で覚えたことは墓場まで続く。

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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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A fool and his money are soon parted.

愚か者の金はすぐにその手を離れる。

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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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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 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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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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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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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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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 can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

オムレツを作るには卵を割らなくてはならない。

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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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To err is human, to forgive divine.

あやまちを犯すのは人の常、ゆるすのは神。

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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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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、富裕に、賢明にする。

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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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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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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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

すんでしまったことをいつまでもくよくよしても始まらない。

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

どんなにみすぼらしくても、わが家にまさる所はない。

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He that cannot ask cannot live.

人にものを聞くことができないものは生きることもできない。

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It's too late to shut the barn door after the horse is stolen.

泥棒を見て縄をなう。

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Every Jack must have his Jill.

どんな男にもそれ相当の嫁のきてがあるもの。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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