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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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Barking dogs seldom bite.

よく吠える犬はめったにかみつかない。

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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

何でも屋は何でも中途半端。

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Well begun is half done.

滑り出しが好調なら事は半ば成就したのに等しい。

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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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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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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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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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What is done cannot be undone.

やってしまったことは元に戻らない。

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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 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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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 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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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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Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

いかに粗末であろうとも我が家に勝る所はない。

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

早寝早起きは健康と富と賢さのもと。

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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は善い召使だが悪い主人だ。

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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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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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 touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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Do as you would be done by.

人からして貰いたいように人にもなせ。

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Every cloud has a silver lining.

憂いの反面には喜びがあるものだ。

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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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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

あらゆる職業に手を出す者は何の熟練工にもなれない。

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Where there's a will, there's a way.

やる気があれば方法は見つかるもの。

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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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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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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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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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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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He who pays the piper calls the tune.

費用を受け持つ者に決定権がある。

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