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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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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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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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Well begun is half done.

滑り出しが好調なら事は半ば成就したのに等しい。

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You're never too old to learn.

どんなに年を取っても学問ができないことはない。

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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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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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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 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.

意志あるところには道がある。

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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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To err is human, to forgive divine.

あやまちを犯すのは人の常、ゆるすのは神。

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Do as you would be done by.

自分がしてもらいたいように人にもしなさい。

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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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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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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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A penny saved is a penny earned.

1ペニーの節約は1ペニーの儲け。

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Every Jack must have his Jill.

どんな男にもそれ相当の嫁のきてがあるもの。

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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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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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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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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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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.

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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマにおいてはローマ人がするようにせよ。

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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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One man's meat is another man's poison.

ある人の食べ物が別の人には毒。

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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

すんでしまったことをいつまでもくよくよしても始まらない。

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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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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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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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A man is known by the company he keeps.

人は交わる友によってその人物がわかる。

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