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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 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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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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Birds of a feather flock together.

同じ色の羽の鳥は共に集まるものだ。

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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で裕福で賢明にする。

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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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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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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少なければ言い直しもたやすい。

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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 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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老いた犬に新しい芸当を教え込むことはできない。

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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、富裕に、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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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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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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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 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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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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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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

何でもこなす者は名人にはなれない。

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There is a skeleton in every closet.

どんな家にも内輪の悩みはあるものだ。

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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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 that glitters is not gold.

輝くものすべてが金とは限らない。

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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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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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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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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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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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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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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 done cannot be undone.

なされたことは元通りにはならない。

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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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