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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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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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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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Well begun is half done.

始まりがうまければ半ばうまくいったもおなじ。

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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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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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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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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.

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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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 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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは、一日にして建設されたものではない。

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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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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 have your cake and eat it too.

両方いいようにはできない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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、金持ちに、そして賢くする。

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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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