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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

旧弊な人は新しい事になじめない。

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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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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 done cannot be undone.

やってしまったことは元に戻らない。

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

たとえどんなに粗末であろうと、我が家ほどよいところはない。

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

すずめ百まで踊り忘れず。

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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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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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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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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 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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Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion.

大きな集団の尻につくより頭になれ。

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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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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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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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It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

誰にも利益を吹きあたえないような風は悪い風である。

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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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