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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

会わないでいると人の心はいっそう愛情が深くなる。

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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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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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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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It's too late to shut the barn door after the horse is stolen.

泥棒を見て縄をなう。

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Faint heart never won fair lady.

気の弱い男が美女を得たためしがない。

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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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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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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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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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

年取った犬に新しい芸を仕込めない。

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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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It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

ぎりぎりの重荷を負ったラクダはわら1本でも積ませたら参ってしまう。

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Do as you would be done by.

自分が人からしてもらいたいと思うことは人にもせよ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

過ぎ去ったことを嘆いてもしょうがない。

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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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To err is human, to forgive divine.

あやまちを犯すのは人の常、ゆるすのは神。

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There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

100里を行く者は99里を半ばとする。

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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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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりで着実なのが競走に勝つ。

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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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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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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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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 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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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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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは1日でできたのではなかった。

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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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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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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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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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A great man will be remembered for his achievements.

虎は死して皮を留め、人は死して名を残す。

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