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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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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

会わないでいると人の心はいっそう愛情が深くなる。

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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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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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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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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

小羊を盗んで絞首刑になるくらいなら親羊を盗んで絞首刑になるほうがましだ。

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

意志があるところに道は開ける。

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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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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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Do as you would be done by.

自分がしてもらいたいように人にもしなさい。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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