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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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To err is human, to forgive divine.

間違いをするのが人間で、許すのは神だ。

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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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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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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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As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

小羊を盗んで絞首刑になるくらいなら親羊を盗んで絞首刑になるほうがましだ。

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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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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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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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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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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.

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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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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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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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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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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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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 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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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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A fool's bolt is soon shot.

愚者はすぐ奥の手を出し行き詰まる。

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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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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'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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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Do as you would be done by.

自分がしてもらいたいように人にもしなさい。

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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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Spare the rod and spoil the child.

鞭を惜しむと子供は駄目になる。

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It's never too late to make amends.

過ちては改むるに憚ることなかれ。

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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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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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