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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Spare the rod and spoil the child.

鞭を惜しむと子供は駄目になる。

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A man is known by the company he keeps.

人は関わる友によってその人柄が分かる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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Short accounts make long friends.

貸借の期間が短ければ交友期間は長い。

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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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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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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.

たとえどんなに粗末であろうと、我が家ほどよいところはない。

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Every cloud has a silver lining.

どんな悪いことにも良い面がある。

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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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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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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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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裕福にそして賢明にする。

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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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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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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 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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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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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、富裕に、賢明にする。

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