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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマにおいてはローマ人がするようにせよ。

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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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The danger past and God forgotten.

危険が過ぎると神様は忘れられる。

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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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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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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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

意志があるところに道は開ける。

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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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A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.

何時も柳の下に泥鰌は居らぬ。

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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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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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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 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 cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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You can't have your cake and eat it too.

両方いいようにはできない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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