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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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He that cannot ask cannot live.

人にものを聞くことができないものは生きることもできない。

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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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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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You're never too old to learn.

どんなに年を取っても学問ができないことはない。

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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマにおいてはローマ人がするようにせよ。

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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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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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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.

こぼれたミルクを嘆いても無駄だ。

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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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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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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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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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Well begun is half done.

滑り出しが好調なら事は半ば成就したのに等しい。

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What is done cannot be undone.

やってしまったことは元に戻らない。

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Faint heart never won fair lady.

気の弱い男が美女を得たためしがない。

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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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"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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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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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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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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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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What is done cannot be undone.

いったんしたことは元どおりにならない。

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Do as you would be done by.

自分が人からしてもらいたいと思うことは人にもせよ。

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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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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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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 cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

お菓子を持っていたり同時に食べたりはできない。

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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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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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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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Spare the rod and spoil the child.

鞭を惜しむと子供は駄目になる。

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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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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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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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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing.

少しばかりの学問は危険なもの。

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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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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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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's a poor workman who blames his tools.

へたな職人は道具に難癖をつける。

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What is done cannot be undone.

やってしまったことは取り返しがつかない。

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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で裕福で賢明にする。

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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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He who pays the piper calls the tune.

笛吹きに金を払う者が曲を注文する。

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