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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 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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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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All that glitters is not gold.

輝くものすべてが金とは限らない。

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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマはローマ人のするようにせよ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Every cloud has a silver lining.

憂いの反面には喜びがあるものだ。

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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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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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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.

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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A great man will be remembered for his achievements.

虎は死して皮を留め、人は死して名を残す。

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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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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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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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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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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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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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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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Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

朝起きは三文の徳。

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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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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 man is known by the company he keeps.

付き合う仲間を見れば、その人がわかる。

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