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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Do as you would be done by.

自分が人からしてもらいたいと思うことは人にもせよ。

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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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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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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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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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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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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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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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The shepherd, even when he become a gentleman, smells of the lamb.

お里が知れる。

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The last straw breaks the camel's back.

最後のわら一本がらくだの背骨を折る。

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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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Don't cry before you're hurt.

何もされていないうちから文句をいうな。

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

やる気があれば方法は見つかるもの。

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

早寝早起きは人を健康で裕福で賢明にする。

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