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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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できても、水を飲ませることはできない。

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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 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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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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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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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing.

少しばかりの学問は危険なもの。

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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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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 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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"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.

「転がる石は苔をもつけず」はことわざである。

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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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A man is known by the company he keeps.

人は交わる友によってその人物がわかる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマではローマ人がするようにせよ。

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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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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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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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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなくてはオムレツは作れない。

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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 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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは、一日にして建設されたものではない。

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