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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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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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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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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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As you sow, so will you reap.

種をまくように刈り入れることになる。

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Do as you would be done by.

人からして貰いたいように人にもなせ。

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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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Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

こわれやすいガラス張りの家に住む者は石を投げてはいけない。

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

意志あるところには道がある。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

どんなにそまつでも、我が家が一番だ。

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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で裕福で賢明にする。

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A man is known by the company he keeps.

人は関わる友によってその人柄が分かる。

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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.

やってしまったことは元に戻らない。

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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 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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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

勉強ばかりで遊ばないと子供はだめになる。

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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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

こぼれたミルクを嘆いても無駄だ。

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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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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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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

何でも屋は何でも中途半端。

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

お里が知れる。

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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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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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Well begun is half done.

滑り出しが好調なら事は半ば成就したのに等しい。

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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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"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.

「転がる石は苔をもつけず」はことわざである。

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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

あらゆる職業に手を出す者は何の熟練工にもなれない。

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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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A friend in need is a friend indeed.

まさかのときの友こそ真の友。

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His bark is worse than his bite.

彼は口やかましいが本心は悪くない。

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