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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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で裕福で賢明にする。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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 cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。

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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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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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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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