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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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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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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 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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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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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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A man is known by the company he keeps.

人は付き合っている人間でわかる。

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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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It's a poor workman who blames his tools.

へたな職人は道具に難癖をつける。

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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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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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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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Birds of a feather flock together.

同じ色の羽の鳥は共に集まるものだ。

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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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Spare the rod and spoil the child.

鞭を惜しむと子供は駄目になる。

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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは、一日にして建設されたものではない。

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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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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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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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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A woman's mind and winter wind change oft.

女心と冬の風はしばしば変わる。

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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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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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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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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 lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

馬を水の所まで連れていっても水を飲ませることはできない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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.

ローマにおいてはローマ人がするようにせよ。

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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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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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