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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマはローマ人のするようにせよ。

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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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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマではローマ人がするようにせよ。

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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 is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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To err is human, to forgive divine.

あやまちを犯すのは人の常、ゆるすのは神。

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

馬を水際まで連れて行くことはできても、水を飲ませることはできない。

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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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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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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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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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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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"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.

「転がる石は苔をもつけず」はことわざである。

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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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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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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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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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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 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 bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.

女房の悪さは六十年の不作。

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Every cock crows on his own dunghill.

人はだれでもお山の大将になれる。

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

馬を水際まで連れて行くことは出来るが、水を飲ませることは出来ない。

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What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.

すずめ百まで踊り忘れず。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Birds of a feather flock together.

同じ色の羽の鳥は共に集まるものだ。

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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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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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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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