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Example sentences tagged “proverb”

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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、金持ちに、そして賢くする。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなくてはオムレツは作れない。

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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 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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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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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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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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What is done cannot be undone.

いったんしたことは元どおりにならない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing.

少しばかりの学問は危険なもの。

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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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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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