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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 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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A man is known by the company he keeps.

付き合う仲間を見れば、その人がわかる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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He who pays the piper calls the tune.

費用を受け持つ者に決定権がある。

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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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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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What is done cannot be undone.

いったんしたことは元どおりにならない。

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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 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 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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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

どんなに貧しくてとも我が家に優るところはない。

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Every cloud has a silver lining.

どの雲にも銀の裏地がついている。

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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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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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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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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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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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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.

ゆっくりで着実なのが競走に勝つ。

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

朝起きは三文の徳。

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