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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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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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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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Every cock crows on his own dunghill.

人はだれでもお山の大将になれる。

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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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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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Speak of the devil and he is sure to appear.

悪魔のことを話せば悪魔が現れる。

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

たとえどんなに粗末であろうと、我が家ほどよいところはない。

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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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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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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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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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You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

たまごを割らずにオムレツは作れない。

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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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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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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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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The last straw breaks the camel's back.

最後のわら一本がらくだの背骨を折る。

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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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