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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.

意志のあるところには道がある。

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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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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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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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

すんでしまったことをいつまでもくよくよしても始まらない。

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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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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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When the cat is away, the mice will play.

猫がいなくなるとネズミたちが遊びだす。

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

お里が知れる。

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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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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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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、富裕に、賢明にする。

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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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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 rust eats iron, so care eats the heart.

錆が鉄を虫食むのと同様に心配は心を虫食む。

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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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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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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 cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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You're never too old to learn.

学ぶのに年を取りすぎているということはない。

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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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