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Fine words butter no parsnips.

ただ口先ばかりでは何の役にも立たない。

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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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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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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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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 little learning is a dangerous thing.

少しばかりの学問は危険なもの。

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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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に、金持ちに、そして賢くする。

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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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A fool and his money are soon parted.

愚か者の金はすぐにその手を離れる。

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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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Do as you would be done by.

自分が人からしてもらいたいと思うことは人にもせよ。

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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は善い召使だが悪い主人だ。

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Don't cross a bridge till you come to it.

橋の所へこないうちに橋を渡るな。

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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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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 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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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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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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When the cat is away, the mice will play.

猫がいなくなるとネズミたちが遊びだす。

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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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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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You're never too old to learn.

学ぶのに年を取りすぎているということはない。

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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.

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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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりと着実なのが競争に勝つ。

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You're never too old to learn.

どんなに年を取っても学問ができないことはない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は教えられない。

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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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