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

どんなに貧しくてとも我が家に優るところはない。

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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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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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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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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりと着実なのが競争に勝つ。

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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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A friend in need is a friend indeed.

まさかのときの友こそ真の友。

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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老いた犬に新しい芸当を教え込むことはできない。

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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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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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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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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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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What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.

すずめ百まで踊り忘れず。

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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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A man is known by the company he keeps.

人は付き合っている人間でわかる。

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Where there's a will, there's a way.

やる気があれば方法は見つかるもの。

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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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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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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 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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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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To err is human, to forgive divine.

間違いをするのが人間で、許すのは神だ。

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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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It is never too late to learn.

決して学ぶのに遅すぎるということはない。

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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 scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.

あなたが私の背中をかいてくれれば、私もあなたの背中をかきます。

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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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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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