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What is done cannot be undone.

いったんしたことは元どおりにならない。

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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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Every cloud has a silver lining.

どんな悪いことにも良い面がある。

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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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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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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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Fine words butter no parsnips.

ただ口先ばかりでは何の役にも立たない。

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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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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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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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Love me, love my dog.

私と友達になりたいなら、私の友達とも友達になってくれ。

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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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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出来るが、水を飲ませることは出来ない。

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A house without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.

魂なき肉体が人間でないのと同様に、愛なき家庭は決して家庭ではない。

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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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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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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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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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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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A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.

何時も柳の下に泥鰌は居らぬ。

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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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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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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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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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A man is known by the company he keeps.

人は関わる友によってその人柄が分かる。

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

早起きは三文の徳。

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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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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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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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