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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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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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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 cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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 is no use crying over spilt milk.

すんでしまったことをいつまでもくよくよしても始まらない。

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

早起きは三文の徳。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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What is done cannot be undone.

いったんしたことは元どおりにならない。

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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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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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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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There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

100里を行く者は99里を半ばとする。

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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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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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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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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 bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.

女房の悪さは六十年の不作。

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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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It's too late to shut the barn door after the horse is stolen.

泥棒を見て縄をなう。

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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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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 greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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Every cock crows on his own dunghill.

人はだれでもお山の大将になれる。

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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.

人からして貰いたいように人にもなせ。

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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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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 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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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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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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All his geese are swans.

自分のものならガチョウも白鳥に見える。

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