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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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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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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 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 that glitters is not gold.

輝くものすべてが金とは限らない。

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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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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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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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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは1日で建設されたものではない。

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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 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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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 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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What is done cannot be undone.

なされたことは元通りにはならない。

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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 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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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As you sow, so will you reap.

種をまくように刈り入れることになる。

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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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマではローマ人がするようにせよ。

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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 teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。

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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 no use crying over spilt milk.

こぼれたミルクを嘆いても無駄だ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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