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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなければオムレツは作れない。

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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 little learning is a dangerous thing.

少しばかりの学問は危険なもの。

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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなくてはオムレツは作れない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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.

早起きは三文の徳。

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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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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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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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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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Nothing venture, nothing have.

何の冒険もしないなら、何も得られない。

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

子宝に恵まれに粗末でも、我が家にまさる所はない。

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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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You can't take it with you when you die.

死んだらお金はあの世へ持っていけない。

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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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As you sow, so will you reap.

種をまくように刈り入れることになる。

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