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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりで着実なのが競走に勝つ。

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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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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 cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

年取った犬に新しい芸を仕込めない。

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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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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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As rust eats iron, so care eats the heart.

錆が鉄を虫食むのと同様に心配は心を虫食む。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Love me, love my dog.

私と友達になりたいなら、私の友達とも友達になってくれ。

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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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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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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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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなくてはオムレツは作れない。

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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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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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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

何でもこなす者は名人にはなれない。

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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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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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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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

過ぎ去ったことを嘆いてもしょうがない。

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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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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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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 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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Better wear out shoes than sheets.

すり減らすのはシーツではなく靴にしろ。

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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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