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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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Nothing venture, nothing have.

何の冒険もしないなら、何も得られない。

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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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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.

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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It is never too late to learn.

決して学ぶのに遅すぎるということはない。

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

お里が知れる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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A sound mind dwells in a sound body.

健全な精神は健全な肉体に宿る。

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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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 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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A penny saved is a penny earned.

1ペニーの節約は1ペニーの儲け。

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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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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 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'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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His bark is worse than his bite.

彼のほえるのはかむのよりひどい。

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Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

早起きは三文の徳。

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

意志があるところに道は開ける。

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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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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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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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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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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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He laughs best who laughs last.

早まって喜ぶな、最後に笑える者が勝ち。

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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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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裕福にそして賢明にする。

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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

あらゆる職業に手を出す者は何の熟練工にもなれない。

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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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