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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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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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Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

いかに粗末であろうとも我が家に勝る所はない。

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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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Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

ガラスの家に住む人は石を投げるべきではない。

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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 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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Two wrongs don't make a right.

他人の悪事を引き合いに出して自分の悪事の言い訳をすることはできない。

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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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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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Barking dogs seldom bite.

よく吠える犬はめったにかみつかない。

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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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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 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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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His bark is worse than his bite.

彼は口やかましいが本心は悪くない。

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Well begun is half done.

出だしがよければ半ばやり遂げたようなものだ。

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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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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 little learning is a dangerous thing.

少しばかりの学問は危険なもの。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.

何時も柳の下に泥鰌は居らぬ。

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