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

すずめ百まで踊り忘れず。

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Faint heart never won fair lady.

気の弱い男が美女を得たためしがない。

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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

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

どんなにみすぼらしくても、わが家にまさる所はない。

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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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It's never too late to make amends.

過ちを改むるにはばかることなかれ。

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

子宝に恵まれに粗末でも、我が家にまさる所はない。

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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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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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As you sow, so will you reap.

種をまくように刈り入れることになる。

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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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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 little learning is a dangerous thing.

少しばかりの学問は危険なもの。

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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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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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A bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.

女房の悪さは六十年の不作。

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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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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 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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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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