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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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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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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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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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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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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

金は使っても使われるな。

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Don't cross a bridge till you come to it.

橋の所へこないうちに橋を渡るな。

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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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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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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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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 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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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.

付き合う仲間を見れば、その人がわかる。

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It's too late to shut the barn door after the horse is stolen.

泥棒を見て縄をなう。

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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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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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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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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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Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは、一日にして建設されたものではない。

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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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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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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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What is done cannot be undone.

いったんしたことは元どおりにならない。

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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 rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.

「転がる石は苔をもつけず」はことわざである。

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A friend in need is a friend indeed.

まさかのときの友こそ真の友。

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

早起きは三文の徳。

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