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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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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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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 cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。

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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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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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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 greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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A man is as old as he feels and a woman as old as she looks.

男の年は気持ちで決まり、女の年は容貌で決まる。

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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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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

勉強ばかりで遊ばないと子供はだめになる。

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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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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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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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To err is human, to forgive divine.

あやまちを犯すのは人の常、ゆるすのは神。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少なければ言い直しもたやすい。

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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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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 have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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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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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.

どんな悪いことにも良い面がある。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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