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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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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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Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

こわれやすいガラス張りの家に住む者は石を投げてはいけない。

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He that cannot ask cannot live.

人にものを聞くことができないものは生きることもできない。

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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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It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

誰にも利益を吹きあたえないような風は悪い風である。

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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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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できても、水を飲ませることはできない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Birds of a feather flock together.

同じ色の羽の鳥は共に集まるものだ。

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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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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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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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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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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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Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

結婚前は両眼を大きく見開いておれ、その後は、その半ばを閉じよ。

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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

会わないでいると人の心はいっそう愛情が深くなる。

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

お里が知れる。

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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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Better wear out shoes than sheets.

すり減らすのはシーツではなく靴にしろ。

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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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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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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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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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It's never too late to make amends.

過ちては改むるに憚ることなかれ。

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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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Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりと着実なのが競争に勝つ。

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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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It is never too late to learn.

決して学ぶのに遅すぎるということはない。

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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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He who would the daughter win, with the mother must begin.

将を射んと欲すれば先ず馬を射よ。

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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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"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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