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

どんなにみすぼらしくても、わが家にまさる所はない。

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

いかに粗末であろうとも我が家に勝る所はない。

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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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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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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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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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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、金持ちに、そして賢くする。

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

お里が知れる。

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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。

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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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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing.

少しばかりの学問は危険なもの。

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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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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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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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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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There's many a true word spoken in jest.

冗談に言ったことが本当になる場合がたくさんある。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは1日で建設されたものではない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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