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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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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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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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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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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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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 danger past and God forgotten.

危険が過ぎると神様は忘れられる。

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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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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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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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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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Every cock crows on his own dunghill.

人はだれでもお山の大将になれる。

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

早寝早起きは人を健康で裕福で賢明にする。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Don't cry before you're hurt.

何もされていないうちから文句をいうな。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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