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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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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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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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It's a poor workman who blames his tools.

へたな職人は道具に難癖をつける。

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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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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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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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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裕福にそして賢明にする。

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A penny saved is a penny earned.

1ペニーの節約は1ペニーの儲け。

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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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A jack of all trades is a master of none.

何でもこなす者は名人にはなれない。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Every cloud has a silver lining.

憂いの反面には喜びがあるものだ。

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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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The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

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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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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、金持ちに、そして賢くする。

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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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Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

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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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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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You cannot get blood out of a stone.

石から血を取り出すことはできない。

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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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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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Every cloud has a silver lining.

どんな悪いことにも良い面がある。

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

お里が知れる。

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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 last straw breaks the camel's back.

最後のわら一本がらくだの背骨を折る。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

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