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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Faint heart never won fair lady.

気の弱い男が美女を得たためしがない。

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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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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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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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

過ぎ去ったことを嘆いてもしょうがない。

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Do as you would be done by.

自分がしてもらいたいように人にもしなさい。

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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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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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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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Short accounts make long friends.

貸借の期間が短ければ交友期間は長い。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。

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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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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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