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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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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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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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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、富裕に、賢明にする。

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You can't have your cake and eat it too.

両方いいようにはできない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Do as you would be done by.

自分が人からしてもらいたいと思うことは人にもせよ。

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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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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 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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Well begun is half done.

始まりがうまければ半ばうまくいったもおなじ。

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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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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 touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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Fine words butter no parsnips.

ただ口先ばかりでは何の役にも立たない。

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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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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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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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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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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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Short accounts make long friends.

貸借の期間が短ければ交友期間は長い。

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Don't cry before you're hurt.

何もされていないうちから文句をいうな。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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