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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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.

ゆりかごの中で覚えたことは墓場まで続く。

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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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It's never too late to make amends.

過ちを改むるにはばかることなかれ。

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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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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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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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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As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

小羊を盗んで絞首刑になるくらいなら親羊を盗んで絞首刑になるほうがましだ。

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You're never too old to learn.

学ぶのに年を取りすぎているということはない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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できても、水を飲ませることはできない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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