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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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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 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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少なければ言い直しもたやすい。

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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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It's never too late to make amends.

過ちを改むるにはばかることなかれ。

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

たとえどんなに粗末であろうと、我が家ほどよいところはない。

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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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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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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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Every Jack must have his Jill.

どんな男にもそれ相当の嫁のきてがあるもの。

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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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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'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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The danger past and God forgotten.

危険が過ぎると神様は忘れられる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Faint heart never won fair lady.

気の弱い男が美女を得たためしがない。

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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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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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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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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 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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The shepherd, even when he become a gentleman, smells of the lamb.

お里が知れる。

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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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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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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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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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