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Every cloud has a silver lining.

どんな悪いことにも良い面がある。

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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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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出来るが、水を飲ませることは出来ない。

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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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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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It is never too late to learn.

決して学ぶのに遅すぎるということはない。

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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は善い召使だが悪い主人だ。

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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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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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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりと着実なのが競争に勝つ。

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Where there's a will, there's a way.

意志のあるところには道がある。

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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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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 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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out the window.

赤貧戸口に至らば、恋は窓より飛び去る。

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

いかに粗末であろうとも我が家に勝る所はない。

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What is done cannot be undone.

いったんしたことは元どおりにならない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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You're never too old to learn.

どんなに年を取っても学問ができないことはない。

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You cannot get blood out of a stone.

石から血を取り出すことはできない。

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The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

プディングのうまいまずいは食べてみてから。

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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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