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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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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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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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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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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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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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One man's meat is another man's poison.

ある人の食べ物が別の人には毒。

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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.

彼は口やかましいが本心は悪くない。

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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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All his geese are swans.

自分のものならガチョウも白鳥に見える。

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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

結婚前は両眼を大きく見開いておれ、その後は、その半ばを閉じよ。

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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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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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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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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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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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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなくてはオムレツは作れない。

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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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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

何でもこなす者は名人にはなれない。

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Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

ガラスの家に住む人は石を投げるべきではない。

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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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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.

意志あるところには道がある。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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裕福にそして賢明にする。

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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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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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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 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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