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Speak of the devil and he is sure to appear.

悪魔のことを話せば悪魔が現れる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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All his geese are swans.

自分のものならガチョウも白鳥に見える。

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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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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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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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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 have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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To err is human, to forgive divine.

あやまちを犯すのは人の常、ゆるすのは神。

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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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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 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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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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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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As you sow, so will you reap.

種をまくように刈り入れることになる。

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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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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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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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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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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりでも着実にやってゆけば勝負には勝つ。

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What is done cannot be undone.

やってしまったことは元に戻らない。

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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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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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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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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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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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