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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりで着実なのが競走に勝つ。

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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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A man is known by the company he keeps.

付き合う仲間を見れば、その人がわかる。

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A friend in need is a friend indeed.

まさかのときの友こそ真の友。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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 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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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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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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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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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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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"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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少なければ言い直しもたやすい。

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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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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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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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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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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 little learning is a dangerous thing.

少しばかりの学問は危険なもの。

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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 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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You can't have your cake and eat it too.

両方いいようにはできない。

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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.

よく吠える犬はめったにかみつかない。

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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 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 true word spoken in jest.

冗談に言ったことが本当になる場合がたくさんある。

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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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.

笛吹きに金を払う者が曲を注文する。

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As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

小羊を盗んで絞首刑になるくらいなら親羊を盗んで絞首刑になるほうがましだ。

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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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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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