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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.

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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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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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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It's too late to shut the barn door after the horse is stolen.

泥棒を見て縄をなう。

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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

お菓子を持っていたり同時に食べたりはできない。

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

馬を水の所まで連れていっても水を飲ませることはできない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out the window.

赤貧戸口に至らば、恋は窓より飛び去る。

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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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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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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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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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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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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.

早寝早起きは人を健康に、金持ちに、そして賢くする。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

プディングのうまいまずいは食べてみてから。

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Love me, love my dog.

私と友達になりたいなら、私の友達とも友達になってくれ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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