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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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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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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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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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The last straw breaks the camel's back.

最後のわら一本がらくだの背骨を折る。

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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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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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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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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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A man is known by the company he keeps.

付き合う仲間を見れば、その人がわかる。

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

お里が知れる。

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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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Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

早寝早起きは健康と富と賢さのもと。

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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.

人は交わる友によってその人物がわかる。

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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 have your cake and eat it too.

両方いいようにはできない。

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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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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 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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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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There is a skeleton in every closet.

どんな家にも内輪の悩みはあるものだ。

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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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