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Nothing venture, nothing have.

何の冒険もしないなら、何も得られない。

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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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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 is never too late to learn.

決して学ぶのに遅すぎるということはない。

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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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What is done cannot be undone.

なされたことは元通りにはならない。

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Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion.

大きな集団の尻につくより頭になれ。

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

お里が知れる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

プディングのうまいまずいは食べてみてから。

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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 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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Better wear out shoes than sheets.

すり減らすのはシーツではなく靴にしろ。

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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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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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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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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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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは1日で建設されたものではない。

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Speak of the devil and he is sure to appear.

悪魔のことを話せば悪魔が現れる。

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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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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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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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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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