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

早起きは三文の徳。

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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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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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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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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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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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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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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Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

どんなにそまつでも、我が家が一番だ。

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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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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 fool and his money are soon parted.

愚か者の金はすぐにその手を離れる。

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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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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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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 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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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 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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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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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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Barking dogs seldom bite.

吠える犬はめったに噛み付く事はない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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