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

お里が知れる。

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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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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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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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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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As you sow, so will you reap.

種をまくように刈り入れることになる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out the window.

赤貧戸口に至らば、恋は窓より飛び去る。

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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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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.

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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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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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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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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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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Better wear out shoes than sheets.

すり減らすのはシーツではなく靴にしろ。

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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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Barking dogs seldom bite.

吠える犬はめったに噛み付く事はない。

Hoeru inu wa mettani kamitsuku koto wanai

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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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Don't cry before you're hurt.

何もされていないうちから文句をいうな。

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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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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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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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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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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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Don't cross a bridge till you come to it.

橋の所へこないうちに橋を渡るな。

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