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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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Well begun is half done.

始まりがうまければ半ばうまくいったもおなじ。

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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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"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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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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Short accounts make long friends.

貸借の期間が短ければ交友期間は長い。

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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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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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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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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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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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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 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 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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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Well begun is half done.

出だしがよければ半ばやり遂げたようなものだ。

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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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 little learning is a dangerous thing.

少しばかりの学問は危険なもの。

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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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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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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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Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

こわれやすいガラス張りの家に住む者は石を投げてはいけない。

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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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It's never too late to make amends.

過ちを改むるにはばかることなかれ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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できても、水を飲ませることはできない。

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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

どんなにみすぼらしくても、わが家にまさる所はない。

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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

どんなにそまつでも、我が家が一番だ。

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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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