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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 no use crying over spilt milk.

こぼれたミルクを嘆いても無駄だ。

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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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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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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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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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Forewarned is forearmed.

あらかじめ警告を受けているのは、あらかじめ武装しているに同じ。

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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 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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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'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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Speak of the devil and he is sure to appear.

悪魔のことを話せば悪魔が現れる。

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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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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 cloud has a silver lining.

どんな悪いことにも良い面がある。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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