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

どんなに貧しくてとも我が家に優るところはない。

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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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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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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 sound mind dwells in a sound body.

健全な精神は健全な肉体に宿る。

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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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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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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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He who pays the piper calls the tune.

笛吹きに金を払う者が曲を注文する。

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To err is human, to forgive divine.

間違いをするのが人間で、許すのは神だ。

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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

意志があるところに道は開ける。

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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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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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Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

早寝、早起きは人を健康に、富裕に、賢明にする。

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

お里が知れる。

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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 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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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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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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