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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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You can't take it with you when you die.

死んだらお金はあの世へ持っていけない。

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

お里が知れる。

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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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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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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.

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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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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It's never too late to make amends.

過ちを改むるにはばかることなかれ。

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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out the window.

赤貧戸口に至らば、恋は窓より飛び去る。

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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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Better wear out shoes than sheets.

すり減らすのはシーツではなく靴にしろ。

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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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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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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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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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A house without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.

魂なき肉体が人間でないのと同様に、愛なき家庭は決して家庭ではない。

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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 pays the piper calls the tune.

笛吹きに金を払う者が曲を注文する。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Barking dogs seldom bite.

吠える犬はめったに噛み付く事はない。

Hoeru inu wa mettani kamitsuku koto wanai

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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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