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Example sentences tagged “proverb”

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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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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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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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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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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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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 fool and his money are soon parted.

愚か者の金はすぐにその手を離れる。

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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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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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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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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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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりでも着実にやってゆけば勝負には勝つ。

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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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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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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 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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

オムレツを作るには卵を割らなくてはならない。

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A fool's bolt is soon shot.

愚者はすぐ奥の手を出し行き詰まる。

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It's a poor workman who blames his tools.

へたな職人は道具に難癖をつける。

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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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A man is as old as he feels and a woman as old as she looks.

男の年は気持ちで決まり、女の年は容貌で決まる。

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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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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

あらゆる職業に手を出す者は何の熟練工にもなれない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Love me, love my dog.

私と友達になりたいなら、私の友達とも友達になってくれ。

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Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

ガラスの家に住む人は石を投げるべきではない。

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"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.

「転がる石は苔をもつけず」はことわざである。

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

早寝早起きは人を健康に裕福にそして賢明にする。

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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 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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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 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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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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