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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 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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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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It is never too late to learn.

決して学ぶのに遅すぎるということはない。

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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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Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion.

大きな集団の尻につくより頭になれ。

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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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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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There's many a true word spoken in jest.

冗談に言ったことが本当になる場合がたくさんある。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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'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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

朝起きは三文の徳。

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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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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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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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Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

どんなに貧しくてとも我が家に優るところはない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 done cannot be undone.

いったんしたことは元どおりにならない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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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Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

ガラスの家に住む人は石を投げるべきではない。

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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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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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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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