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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりで着実なのが競走に勝つ。

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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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The danger past and God forgotten.

危険が過ぎると神様は忘れられる。

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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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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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You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は教えられない。

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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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Every cock crows on his own dunghill.

人はだれでもお山の大将になれる。

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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 done cannot be undone.

なされたことは元通りにはならない。

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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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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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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.

学ぶのに年を取りすぎているということはない。

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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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Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

ガラスの家に住む人は石を投げるべきではない。

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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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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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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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It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

誰にも利益を吹きあたえないような風は悪い風である。

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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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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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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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Faint heart never won fair lady.

気の弱い男が美女を得たためしがない。

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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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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.

たまごを割らずにオムレツは作れない。

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Don't cross a bridge till you come to it.

橋の所へこないうちに橋を渡るな。

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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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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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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.

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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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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There's many a true word spoken in jest.

冗談に言ったことが本当になる場合がたくさんある。

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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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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 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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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

お里が知れる。

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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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