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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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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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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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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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"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 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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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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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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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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Two wrongs don't make a right.

他人が悪い事をしているからといって自分もそうしてよいということにはならない。

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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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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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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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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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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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All that glitters is not gold.

輝くものすべてが金とは限らない。

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Don't cross a bridge till you come to it.

橋の所へこないうちに橋を渡るな。

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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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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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Faint heart never won fair lady.

気の弱い男が美女を得たためしがない。

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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりと着実なのが競争に勝つ。

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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、金持ちに、そして賢くする。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

プディングのうまいまずいは食べてみてから。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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