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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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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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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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You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

菓子は食べたら残らない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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A fool and his money are soon parted.

愚か者の金はすぐにその手を離れる。

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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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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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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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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.

ローマではローマ人がするようにせよ。

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Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマにおいてはローマ人がするようにせよ。

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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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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 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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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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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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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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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 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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The shepherd, even when he become a gentleman, smells of the lamb.

お里が知れる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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You're never too old to learn.

どんなに年を取っても学問ができないことはない。

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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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Do as you would be done by.

自分が人からしてもらいたいと思うことは人にもせよ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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