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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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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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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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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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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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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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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマはローマ人のするようにせよ。

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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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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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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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It's a poor workman who blames his tools.

へたな職人は道具に難癖をつける。

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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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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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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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A fool's bolt is soon shot.

愚者はすぐ奥の手を出し行き詰まる。

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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できても、水を飲ませることはできない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Well begun is half done.

始まりがうまければ半ばうまくいったもおなじ。

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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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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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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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