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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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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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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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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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There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

100里を行く者は99里を半ばとする。

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Every cock crows on his own dunghill.

人はだれでもお山の大将になれる。

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Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

結婚前は両眼を大きく見開いておれ、その後は、その半ばを閉じよ。

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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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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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You cannot get blood out of a stone.

石から血を取り出すことはできない。

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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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He who pays the piper calls the tune.

費用を受け持つ者に決定権がある。

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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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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

馬を水の所まで連れていっても水を飲ませることはできない。

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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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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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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 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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Every cloud has a silver lining.

憂いの反面には喜びがあるものだ。

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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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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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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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One man's meat is another man's poison.

ある人の食べ物が別の人には毒。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

朝起きは三文の徳。

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Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion.

大きな集団の尻につくより頭になれ。

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