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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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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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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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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.

やる気があれば方法は見つかるもの。

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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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Well begun is half done.

出だしがよければ半ばやり遂げたようなものだ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

何でもこなす者は名人にはなれない。

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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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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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As you sow, so will you reap.

種をまくように刈り入れることになる。

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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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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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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは1日で建設されたものではない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

小羊を盗んで絞首刑になるくらいなら親羊を盗んで絞首刑になるほうがましだ。

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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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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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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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He that cannot ask cannot live.

人にものを聞くことができないものは生きることもできない。

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There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

100里を行く者は99里を半ばとする。

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Spare the rod and spoil the child.

鞭を惜しむと子供は駄目になる。

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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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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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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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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

何でも屋は何でも中途半端。

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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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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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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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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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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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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりで着実なのが競走に勝つ。

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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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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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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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As rust eats iron, so care eats the heart.

錆が鉄を虫食むのと同様に心配は心を虫食む。

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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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