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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Do as you would be done by.

人からして貰いたいように人にもなせ。

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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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Speak of the devil and he is sure to appear.

悪魔のことを話せば悪魔が現れる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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 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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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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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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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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Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

子宝に恵まれに粗末でも、我が家にまさる所はない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

何でも屋は何でも中途半端。

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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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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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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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