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

どんなに粗末な家でも我が家にまさるところはない。

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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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His bark is worse than his bite.

彼は口やかましいが本心は悪くない。

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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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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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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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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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The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

プディングのうまいまずいは食べてみてから。

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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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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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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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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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A man is as old as he feels and a woman as old as she looks.

男の年は気持ちで決まり、女の年は容貌で決まる。

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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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Two wrongs don't make a right.

他人が悪い事をしているからといって自分もそうしてよいということにはならない。

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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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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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Barking dogs seldom bite.

よく吠える犬はめったにかみつかない。

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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'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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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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A fool's bolt is soon shot.

愚者はすぐ奥の手を出し行き詰まる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

馬を水の所まで連れていっても水を飲ませることはできない。

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

意志のあるところには道がある。

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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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