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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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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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

すんでしまったことをいつまでもくよくよしても始まらない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Love me, love my dog.

私と友達になりたいなら、私の友達とも友達になってくれ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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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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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'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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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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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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He laughs best who laughs last.

早まって喜ぶな、最後に笑える者が勝ち。

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As rust eats iron, so care eats the heart.

錆が鉄を虫食むのと同様に心配は心を虫食む。

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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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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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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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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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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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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 as you would be done by.

自分がしてもらいたいように人にもしなさい。

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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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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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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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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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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 bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.

女房の悪さは六十年の不作。

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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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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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