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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老いた犬に新しい芸当を教え込むことはできない。

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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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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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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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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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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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What is done cannot be undone.

やってしまったことは元に戻らない。

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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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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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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 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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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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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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It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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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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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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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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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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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 the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

ぎりぎりの重荷を負ったラクダはわら1本でも積ませたら参ってしまう。

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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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.

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

たとえどんなに粗末であろうと、我が家ほどよいところはない。

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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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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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Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

早寝早起きは健康と富と賢さのもと。

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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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