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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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To err is human, to forgive divine.

間違いをするのが人間で、許すのは神だ。

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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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 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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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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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.

意志のあるところには道がある。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

どんなにみすぼらしくても、わが家にまさる所はない。

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You can't have your cake and eat it too.

両方いいようにはできない。

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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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You can't have your cake and eat it too.

ケーキを食べてしかもそのケーキを持っていることはできない。

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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマにおいてはローマ人がするようにせよ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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'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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The shepherd, even when he become a gentleman, smells of the lamb.

お里が知れる。

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