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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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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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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 spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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 cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。

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

お里が知れる。

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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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You can't take it with you when you die.

死んだらお金はあの世へ持っていけない。

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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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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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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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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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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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A penny saved is a penny earned.

1ペニーの節約は1ペニーの儲け。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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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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Short accounts make long friends.

貸借の期間が短ければ交友期間は長い。

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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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