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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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What is done cannot be undone.

やってしまったことは取り返しがつかない。

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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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To err is human, to forgive divine.

あやまちを犯すのは人の常、ゆるすのは神。

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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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Speak of the devil and he is sure to appear.

悪魔のことを話せば悪魔が現れる。

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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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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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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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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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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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It is no use crying over spilt milk.

こぼれたミルクを嘆いても無駄だ。

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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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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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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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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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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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