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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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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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 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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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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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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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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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは、一日にして建設されたものではない。

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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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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 jack of all trades is a master of none.

あらゆる職業に手を出す者は何の熟練工にもなれない。

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

お里が知れる。

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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 can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなくてはオムレツは作れない。

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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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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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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 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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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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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは1日でできたのではなかった。

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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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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 cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。

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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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To err is human, to forgive divine.

間違いをするのが人間で、許すのは神だ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Where there's a will, there's a way.

意志あるところには道がある。

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

どんなに貧しくてとも我が家に優るところはない。

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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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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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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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