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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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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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The danger past and God forgotten.

危険が過ぎると神様は忘れられる。

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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、金持ちに、そして賢くする。

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

たとえどんなに粗末であろうと、我が家ほどよいところはない。

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The shepherd, even when he become a gentleman, smells of the lamb.

お里が知れる。

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

どんなに粗末な家でも我が家にまさるところはない。

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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 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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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.

どんなにそまつでも、我が家が一番だ。

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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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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.

子宝に恵まれに粗末でも、我が家にまさる所はない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 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 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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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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A penny saved is a penny earned.

1ペニーの節約は1ペニーの儲け。

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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.

あなたが私の背中をかいてくれれば、私もあなたの背中をかきます。

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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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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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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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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.

意志あるところには道がある。

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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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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりと着実なのが競争に勝つ。

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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 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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It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

誰にも利益を吹きあたえないような風は悪い風である。

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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは1日でできたのではなかった。

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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 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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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