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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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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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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 bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.

女房の悪さは六十年の不作。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

人は交わる友によってその人物がわかる。

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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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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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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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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 can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

馬を水の所まで連れていっても水を飲ませることはできない。

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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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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Speak of the devil and he is sure to appear.

悪魔のことを話せば悪魔が現れる。

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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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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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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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