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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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

こぼれたミルクを嘆いても無駄だ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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It's never too late to make amends.

過ちては改むるに憚ることなかれ。

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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't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなければオムレツは作れない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Forewarned is forearmed.

あらかじめ警告を受けているのは、あらかじめ武装しているに同じ。

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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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As you sow, so will you reap.

種をまくように刈り入れることになる。

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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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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 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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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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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 teach an old dog new tricks.

老いた犬に新しい芸当を教え込むことはできない。

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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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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 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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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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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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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 man is known by the company he keeps.

人は付き合っている人間でわかる。

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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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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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Spare the rod and spoil the child.

鞭を惜しむと子供は駄目になる。

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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

たまごを割らずにオムレツは作れない。

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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、富裕に、賢明にする。

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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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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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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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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