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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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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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 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.

どんなに貧しくてとも我が家に優るところはない。

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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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What is done cannot be undone.

なされたことは元通りにはならない。

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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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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は善い召使だが悪い主人だ。

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

朝起きは三文の徳。

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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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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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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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A fool and his money are soon parted.

愚か者の金はすぐにその手を離れる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Two wrongs don't make a right.

他人が悪い事をしているからといって自分もそうしてよいということにはならない。

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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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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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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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