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Example sentences tagged “proverb”

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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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"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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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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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 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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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.

やる気があれば方法は見つかるもの。

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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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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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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.

朝起きは三文の徳。

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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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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'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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

ぎりぎりの重荷を負ったラクダはわら1本でも積ませたら参ってしまう。

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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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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'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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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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What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.

ゆりかごの中で覚えたことは墓場まで続く。

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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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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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