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(Even) Honer sometimes nods.
(たとえ悪人でも)功績のある者には功績を認めよ

 
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 A 
A bad thing never dies.
A bad wife ruins the house.
A bad workman always blames his tools.
A baited cat may grow as fierce as a lion.
A bargain is a bargain.
A barking dog never bites.
A barking dog seldom bites.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A blind pigeon may sometimes find a grain of wheat.
A book that is shut is but a block.
A book that remains shut is but a block.
A bully is always a coward.
A burnt child fears the fire.
A cat has nine lives.
A cat may look at a king.
A child is what his parents make.
A cold often leads to all kinds of disease.
A constant guest is never welcome.
A dead tree is better than nothing.
A disciple sometimes outshines his master.
A doctor and a boor knows more than a doctor.
A dog which barks much is never good at hunting.
A drowning man will catch at a straw.
A fault confessed is half redressed.
A fly even has its anger.
A flying crow always catches something.
A fool laughs when others laugh.
A forced kindness deserves no thanks.
A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A golden key opens every door.
A good appetite is a good sauce.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
A good example is the best sermon.
A good medicine tastes bitter.
A good name is sooner lost than won.
A great city, a great solitude.
A great ship asks deep waters.
A growing youth has a wolf in his belly.
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
A house divided against itself cannnot stand.
A Jack of all trades is master of none.
A little bait catches a large fish.
A little help is worth a deal of pity.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
A little leak will sink a great ship.
A man away from home need feel no shame.
A man becomes learned by asking questions.
A man can only die once.
A man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks.
A man without a wife is but half a man.
A man's house is his castle.
A mere scholar, a mere ass.
A mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
A mud-wall deads a cannon-bullet.
A nail that stands up will be pounded down.
A naked man cannot be stripped of clothes.
A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
A rich man's joke is always funny.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A saint's maid quotes Latin.
A short-cut is ofen a wrong cut.
A small lie is useful in some cases.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
A sound mind in a sound body.
A still tongue makes a wise head.
A stitch in time saves nine.
A stolen fruit tastes sweet.
A tree is known by its fruits.
A waking dog afar off barks at a sleeping lion.
A watched pot never boils.
A whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither liked by God nor men.
A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.
A wise man is never less alone than when alone.
A wise man never courts danger.
A wise person profits by his mistakes.
A woman is a weathercock.
A woman's mind and winter wind change oft.
A wonder lasts but nine days.
A word is enough to a wise man.
Abad workman always blames his tools.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Aburnt child dreads the fire.
Accidents will happen.
Accomplishments are a friend in need.
Acontented mind is a perpetual feast.
Actions speak louder than words.
Adoor must be either shut or open.
Adversity is the best school.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
Advice when most needed is least heeded.
Adwarf on a giant's shoulder sees the farther of the two.
After a storm comes a calm.
After a storm comes a calm.
After death the doctor.
After rain comes fair weather.
After us(me) the deluge.
All cats are grey in the dark.
All covet, all lose.
All good things come to an end.
All great minds think alike.
All his geese are swans.
All ill payer(paymaster) never wants (an) excuse.
All is fish that comes to his net.
All is lost that is given to a fool.
All is not gold that glitters.
All lay loads on a willing horse.
All roads lead to Rome.
All thing are difficult before they are easy.
All things are easy that are done willingly.
All things thrive at thrice.
All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.
All's fair in love and war.
All's well that ends well.
Aman of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
An ass in a lion's skin.
An attempt is sometimes easier than expected.
An Englishiman's house is his castle.
An evil may sometimes turn out a blessing in disguise.
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
An onion will not produce a rose.
An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit.
Any port in a storm.
Anything is better than nothing.
Anything viewed through the eyes of faith seems perfect.
Art and knowledge brings bread and honer.
Art is long, life is short.
As many places, so many manners.
As old man's saying are seldom untrue.
As soon as man is born, he begins to die.
As the old cock crows, so crows the young.
As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
Attack is the best form of defence.

 
 B 
Bad luck often brings good luck.
Bad money drives out good.
Bad news has wings.
Bad news travels quickly.
Be just before you are generous.
Be silent, or speak something worth hearing.
Beauty is but skin deep.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Beggars must(can) not be choosers(choosy).
Best is cheapest.
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
Better be a dog's head than a lion's tail.
Better be a fool than a knave.
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
Better bend than break.
Better late than never.
Better one die than all.
Better to ask the way than go astray.
Better( to) be alone than in bad(ill) company.
Between two stools you fall to the ground.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Birth is much, but breeding is more.
Blood is thicker than water.
Books and friends shoud be few but good.
Boys be ambitious.
Boys will be boys.
Burn not your house to fright the mouse away.
Busiest men find the most time.
Business before pleasure.
By lamplight every country wench seems handsome.
By others faults wise men correct their own.
By the time you wish to be a good son, your parents are long gone.

 
 C 
Call a spade a spade.
Call no man happy till he is dead.
Care killed a cat.
Cast ne'er a clout till May be out.
Cast no dirt in the well that gives you water.
Cast not your pearls before swine.
Catch your bear before you sell its skin.
Cats hide their claws.
Charity begins at home.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Children have the qualities of the parents.
Children should be seen and not heard.
Choose neither women nor linen by candle light.
Christmas comes bet once a year.
Circumstances alter cases.
Claw me, I'll claw thee.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Clear water breeds no fish.
Close is my shirt, but closer is my skin.
Clothes do not make the man.
Coming events cast their shadows before them.
Coming events cast their shadows before them.
Comparisons are odious.
Condemn the offense, but pity the offender.
Conscience does make cowards of us all.
Constant dripping wears away a stone.
Constant dropping wears the stone.
Contentment is a better than richies.
Count not your chickens before they are hatched.
Courtesy costs nothing.
Cowards die mane times before their death.
Creaking doors hang the longest.
Crime doesn't pay.
Crows are never the whiter for washing themselves.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Curses (,like chickens,) come home to roost.
Custom is a second nature.
Custom makes all things easy.
Custom reconciles us to everything.
Cut your coat according to your cloth.

 
 D 
Danger past, God forgotten.
Danger past, God forgotten.
Dead men tell no tales.
Death is the great leveller.
Deeds, not words.
Desert and reward seldom keep company.
Desires are nourished by delays.
Desperate disease must have desperate remedies.
Discontent is the first step in progress.
Discretion is the better part of valor.
Distance lends enchatment to the view.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Do in Rome as the Romans do.
Do not halloa till you are out of the wood.
Do not put new wine into old bottles.
Do not throw pearls to swine.
Dog does not eat dog.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Don't change horses in the midstream.
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched(they hatch).
Don't cross the bridge until you come to it.
Don't cut the bough you are standing on.
Don't empty the baby out with the bathwater.
Don't exult too much in your victory.
Don't forget your first resolution.
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
Don't make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket  .
Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
Don't take your harp to the party.
Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
Don't wake a sleeping dog.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Don't whistle till you are out of the wood.
Drop by drop fills the tub.
Dying is as natural as living.

 
 E 
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,wealthy, and wise.
Easier said than done.
East or west, home is best.
Easy come easy go.
Eavesdroppers never hear any good of themselves.
Empty vessels make the most sound.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Even a chance acquaintance is part of one's destiny.
Even a worm will turn.
Even Homer sometimes nods.
Even Homer sometimes nods.
Even Homer sometimes nods.
Every bullet has its billet.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Every cock crows (A cock is bold) on its (his) own dunghill.
Every day of thy life is a leaf in thy history.
Every dog has his(its) day.
Every fish that escapes, appears greater than it is.
Every flow must have its ebb.
Every Jack has his Jill.
Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object.
Every man does his own business best.
Every man has his particular habit.
Every man has the defects of his own virtues.
Every man is his worst enemy.
Every miller draws water to his own mill.
Every oak must be an acorn.
Every one has his taste.
Every potter praises his own pot.
Every rose has its thorn.
Everybody's friend is nobody's friend.
Everything comes to him who waits.
Everything has (must have) a biginning.
Everything has its time.
Everything in the garden is lovely.
Everyting new is fine.
Excessive tenderness switched to hundredfold hatred.
Expectation is better than realization.
Experience counts.
Experience is the best teacher.
Experience is the mother of wisdom.
Experience is the teacher of fools.
Extremes meet.

 
 F 
Fact is stranger than fiction.
Failure teaches success.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Fair words fill not the belly.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Far awa fowls have fair feather.
Fast bind, fast find.
Fear is often greater than the danger.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Feed by measure and defy the physician.
Finders keepers (,losers weepers).
Fine feathers make fine birds.
First catch your hare (then cook him).
First come, first served.
First come,first served.
First impressions are most lasting.
First things first.
Fling dirt enough and some willl stick.
Fools live poor, to die rich.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Footprints on the sands of time are not mede by sitting down.
Forbidden fruit is sweetest.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Fortune comes in by a merry gate.
Fortune favors the bold (brave).
Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.
Fortune knocks at least once at every man's gate.
From nothing,nothing can come.
Full of courtesy, full of craft.

 
 G 
Gather roses while you may.
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
Give credit where credit is due.
Give him an inch and he'll tale a mile.
Give not pearls to the hogs.
Give the devil his due.
Gluttony kills more than the sword.
Go to the sea, if you would fish well.
God (providence) is always for (on the side of) the big battalions.
God heals and the doctor takes the fee.
God made the country, and man made the town.
Good comes out of evil.
Good company on the road is the shortest cut.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Good wine makes good blood.
Good wine needs no bush.
Good(great) wits jump.
Grasp all, lose all.
Great barkers are no biters.
Great cry and little wool.
Great men show greatness in youth.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
Great pains but all in vain.
Great talkers are littel doers.
Grief is best placed with grief's company.

 
 H 
Habit is a second nature.
Half the world knows not how the other half lives.
Handsome is as (that) handsome does.
Happy events tend to be accompanied by problems. 
Happy is the country that has no history.
Hard words break no bones.
Harp not for ever on the same string.
Haste is waste.
Haste makes waste.
Haste trips over its own heels.
Having an itch that one cannot scratch.
He catches the wind with a net.
He cries wine and sells vinegar.
He has brought up a bird to pick out his own eyes.
He has long arms and a long tongue as well.
He is too old a bird to be cought with chaff.
He laughs best who laughs last.
He must have a long spoon that sups with the devil.
He robs Peter to pay Paul.
He that cannot obey cannot command.
He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it.
He that falls today may rise tomorrow.
He that fights and runs away may live to fight another day.
He that is in hell knows not what heaven is.
He that shoots oft at last shall hit the mark.
He that stays in the valley shall never get over the hill.
He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.
He that wipes the child's nose kisses the mother's cheek.
He that would eat kernel must crack the nut.
He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin.
He was surrounded by foes.
He who (that) fights and runs away lives to fight another day.
He who begins many things, finishes but few.
He who denies all confesses all.
He who gives fair words feeds you with an empty spoon.
He who goes against the fashion is himself its slave.
He who hesitates is lost.
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
He who runs after two hares will catch neither.
He who sows little reaps little.
He who touches pitch shall be defiled.
He who would search for pearls must dive deep.
He whom the gods love dies young.
Health is better than wealth.
Health is not valued until sickness comes.
Hear no evil, see no eveil, speak no evil.
Hear twice before you speak once.
Heaven helps those who help themselves.
Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure.
Heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age.
Hell and chancery are always open.
Hide not your light under a bushel.
History repeats itself.
History repeats itself.
Honesty is ill for thriving.
Honesty is the best policy.
Honny is sweet but the bee stings.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick.
Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
Hope springs eternal (in the human breast).
Hunger is the best sauce.
Hypocrisy is a homage that vice pays to virtue.

 
 I 
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer, too.
I don't care what follows.
I know what I do when I drink.
Idle folk have the least leisure.
Idleness is the parent of all vice.
if a man deceives me once, shame on him;if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
If each would sweep before the door, we should have a clean city.
If it were not for hope, the heart would break.
If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow.
If the cap fits, wear it.
If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun.
If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun.
If you can't beat (lick) 'em, join 'em.
If you cannot bite, never show your teeth.
If you want a thing well done do it yourself.
Ignorance is bliss.
Ignorance is bliss.
Ill got, ill spent.
Ill ware is never cheap.
Ill weeds grow apace.
Ill-gotten(got),ill spent.
Ill news runs apace.
Imitation is the sincerest flattery.
In a town where thou knowest nobody do whatever thou likest.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed is king.
It is a foolish (an ill) bird that soils (fouls) its own nest.
It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor.
It is a good doctor who follows his own directions.
It is a long lane that has no turning.
It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock.
It is a wise father who knows his own child.
It is as well to know which way the wind blows.
It is dark at the foot of a candle.
It is easy to bear the misfortunes of others.
It is far better to have too much than too little.
It is hard to labor with an empty belly.
It is never too late to mend.
It is no meddling with our betters.
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
It is not necessary to teach a fish to swim.
It is rash to sell the bird on the bough.
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.
It is useless to flog a dead horse.
It never rains but it pours.
It never rains but it pours.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
It's an ill wind that blows nobody (any) good.
It's dogged (as [that]) does it.

 
 J 
Jack is as good as his master.
Jack of all trades, and master of none.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.

 
 K 
Keep something for a rainy day.
Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Kill two birds with one stone.
Kill two birds with one stone.
Kind hearts are more than coronets.
Know your own faults before blaming others for theirs.
Knowledge is power.

 
 L 
Laborer is worthy his hire.
Last but not least.
Late fruit keeps well.
Laugh and grow fat.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Least said, soonest mended.
Lend your money lose your friend.
Less is more.
Let a sleeping dog lie.
Let bygones be bygones.
let not the sun go down upon your wrath.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Let the buyer beware.
Let the cobbler (the cobler shoud) stick to his last.
Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
Let's die together.
Life is a shadow.
Life is but an empty dream.
Life is short and time is swift.
Life is sweet.
Light not a candle to the sun.
Lightly won, lightly held.
Lightning never strikes in the same place twice.
Like a bear to a honey pot.
Like draws to like.
Like father, like son.
Like knows like.
Like master, like man.
Like mother, like daughter.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Little things amuse little minds.
Live not to eat, but eat to live.
Look before you leap.
Look before you leap.
Losers are always in the wrong.
Love blinds a man to all imperfections.
Love is blind.
Love laughs at lock-smiths.
Love me, love my dog.
Love the babe for her that bore it.
Love your parents as dearly as your parents love you.
Lying and stealing are next-door neighbors.

 
 M 
Make haste slowly.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make yourself all honey and the flies will devour you.
Making a fortune at a stoke.
Man shall not live by bread alone.
Manners and money make a gentleman.
Many a little makes a mickle.
Many a true word is is spoken in jest.
Many hands make light work.
Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off.
Many strokes fell great oaks.
Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.
Marriage are made in heaven.
Marriage is a lottery.
Marriage is the tomb of life.
Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.
Men are blind in their own cause.
Men are known by the company they keep.
Men are not to be measured in inches.
Men leap over where the hedge is lowest.
Men make houses , women make home.
Might is right.
Might makes right.
Misfortunes never come alone.
Misfortunes never come singly.
Misfortunes seldom come alone.
Moeny will do anything.
Money comes and goes.
Money is the key that opens all doors.
Money mkes the mare to go.
Money talks.
More haste, less(worse) speed.
Much meat, much disease.
Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of.
Much would have more.
Murder will out.
My God defend me from my friends;I can defend myself from my enemies.

 
 N 
Names and natures often agree.
Nature is a good mother.
Nature is the best physician.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Need will have its course.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
Never ask pardon before you are accused.
Never confuse art with life.
Never do things by halves.
Never go looking for trouble. Or seek and you shall find.
Never judge by appearances.
Never make two bites of cherry.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Never tell your enemy that your foot aches.
Never too late to learn.
Never trouble trouble till trouble trouble you.
Never trust a stranger.
Never trust a wolf with the care of lamps.
Next year is the devil's joke.
Ninety percent of inspiration is perspiration.
No answer is also an answer.
No child knows how dear he is to his parents.
No cross, no crown.
No fathers or mothers think thier own children ugry.
No fish is caught twice with the same bait.
No gain without pains.
No horse is so well shod that it never slips .
No man can serve two masters.
No man is indispensable.
No man is infallible.
No man is without his faults.
No mill, no meal.
No news is good news.
No remedy but patience.
No road is long with good company.
No sross, no crown.
None is so deaf as those who won't hear.
None so blind as those who won't see.
Not good is it to harp on the frayed string.
Not to halloo until one is out of the wood.
Nothing costs so much as what is given us.
Nothing great is easy.
Nothing is given as freely as advice.
Nothing is hard to a willing mind.
Nothing is lost for asking.
Nothing ventured nothing gained.

 
 O 
Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm.
Offence is the best defense.
Old age tires both body and soul.
Old love is renewed again.
Once a beggar, always a beggar.
One beats the bush, and another catches the birds.
One cannot put back the clock.
One foot is better than two crutches.
One good turn deserves another.
One ill word asks another.
One instance shows all the rest.
One is never too old to learn.
One lie makes many.
One man sows and another man reaps.
One man's fault is another man's lesson.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
One must drink as one brews.
One must lie in the bed one has made.
One of these days is none of these days.
One pair of heels is often worth two pairs of hands.
One pucture is worth a thousand words.
One should not interfere in lovers' quarrels
One swallow does not make a summer.
One tongue is enough for two women.
One volunteer is worth two pressed men.
One will have to reap what one has sown.
Only the weather knows where the shoe pinches.
Open confession is good for the soul.
Opportunity seldom knocks twice.
Other times, other manners.
Out of debt, out of danger.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Out of the flying pan into the fire.
Out of the mouth comes evil.
Over shoes, over boots.

 
 P 
Paddle your own canoe.
Pardon all but thyself.
Patience and application will carry us through.
Patience provoked turns to fury.
Peny wise and pound foolish.
People will talk.
People(those) who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Perseverance will win in the end.
Pity is akin to love.
Pleasant hours fly fast.
Pleasure is the source of pain.
Politeness is not just for strangers.
Poor men have no leisure.
Poverty is a stranger to industry.
Practice makes perfect.
Practice what you preach.
Prefer the devil one knows to the one (devil) one doesn't know.
Preserverance under difficulties.
Pride goes before a fall.
Pride will have a fall.
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
Protect yourself at all points.
Providing is preventing.
Pudding rather than praise.

 
 Q 
Quick resentments are often fatal.

 
 R 
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
Rest comes from unrest and unrest comes from rest.
Returning evil for good.
Rome was not built in a day.

 
 S 
Sadness and gladness succeed each other.
Save up for a rainy day.
Science gives consent.
Scratch my back and I will scratch yours.
Security is the greatest enemy.
See Naples and die.
Seeing is believing.
Self do, self have.
Sense comes with age.
Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Set your sail according to the wind.
Shoemakers' children go barefoot.
Short accounts make long friends.
Sleep and wait for good luck.
So many countries ; so many customs
So many men, so many minds.
Something is better than nothing.
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
Soon got, soon gone.
Soon ripe, soon rotten.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Speak well of the dead.
Speech is silver, silence is gold.
Speech is silver, silence is gold.
Step after step goes far.
Sticks and stones will(may) break my bones, but names(words) can never hurt me.
Still waters run deep.
Still waters run deep.
Storm makes oaks take deeper root.
Strike the iron while it is hot.
Submitting to one wrong brings on another.
Success is never blamed.

 
 T 
Take not a musket to kill a butterfly.
Take the lead, and you will win.
Talk of the devil, and he'll appeare.
Talking to a brick-wall.
Tall trees catch much wind.
Teach a dog to bark!.
Tears from the hardest heart.
That which comes from the heart will go to the heart.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest.
The bad barber leaves neither hair nor skin.
The beaten road is the safest.
The belly has no ears.
The best driver will something upset.
The best fish smell when they are three days old.
The best fish swims near the botom.
The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs teaching.
The best thing in travelling is a companion;in the world kindness.
The best thing to do now is to run away.
The best way to defend is to attack (Attack is the best defense).
The biter is sometimes bitten.
The bull must be taken by the horns.
The child is (the) father of (to) the man.
The cobbler's wife goes the worst shod.
The cowl does not make the monk.
The danger past, and God fogotten.
The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
The day's plan should be made out early in the morning .
The dependant is timid.
The devil finds work for idle hands.
The devil has the best tunes.
The devil is not so black as he is painted.
The devil looks after his own.
The die is cast.
The eagle does not catch flies.
The early bird catches(gets) the worm.
The end justifies the means.
The end justifies the means.
The end of money is the end of love.
The exception proves the rule.
The eye is bigger than the belly.
The eye is the window of the soul.
The eyes have one language everywhere.
The fairest rose is at last withered.
The father's sins are visited on the children.
The fewer the better cheer.
The first blow is half the battle.
The fish will soon be caught that nibbles at every bait.
The golden age was never the present age.
The grass is greener (on the other side of the hill[fence]).
The gray mare is the better horse.
The greater embraces the less.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
The heart's letter is read in the eyes.
The highest branch is not the safest roost.
The husband is always the last to know.
The last drop makes the cup run over.
The law is not the same at morning and at night.
The longest day must have an end.
The mills of god grind slowly(, but they grind exceedingly small).
The mills of God grind slowly,(but they grind exceedingly small).
The more haste, the less speed.
The more one has, the more one want.
The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.
The nearer to the church, the farther from God.
The net of the sleeper catches fish.
The old generation must make way for the new,
The one that got away is always the biggest.
The pen is mighter than the sword.
The pig prefers mud to clear water.
The poor have no leisure.
The pot calls kettle black.
The race is not to the swift,nor the battle to the strong.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
The rotten apple injures its neighbor.
The son is known by his father.
The sooner, the better.
The spirit is willing , but the flesh is weak.
The study of vain things is laborious idleness.
The sun is never the worse for shining on a dunghill.
The tailor makes the man.
The tree is known by the fruit.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
The weakest goes to the wall.
The whole year's plans are made on New Year's Day.
The wind in one's face makes one wise.
The wise man never courts danger.
The wish is father to the thought.
The wolf knows what the ill beast thinks.
The worst wheel of the cart creaks most.
There are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with cream.
There are none so deafs as those who won't hear.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
There are(is) as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
There is a destiny that makes us brothers.
There is a pleasure that is born of pain.
There is a pot(crock) of gold at the end of the rainbow.
There is a time and (a) place (for everything).
There is a time to speak and a time to be speak.
There is always a next time.
There is honor among thieves.
There is kindness to be found everywhere.
There is more pleasure in loving than in being loved.
There is no accounting for taste.
There is no garden without weeds.
There is no place like home.
There is no place like home.
There is no royal road to learning.
There is no rule but has exceptions.
There is no telling which two will make a couple.
There is no treasure more precious than a child.
There is no trusting in appearances.
There is no wheat without chaff.
There is nothing new under the sun.
There is nothing permanent except change.
There is one born every minute.
There's a black sheep in every flock.
There's always (a) next time.
There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
There's many a true word spoken in jest.
There's no time(No time) like the present.
There's nothing like home.
There, but for the grace of God, go I.
They brag most who can do least.
Those loved by many are liable to untimely death.
Those who live in glasshouse should not throw stones.
Those whom the gods love die young.
Through obedience learn to command.
Time and tide wait for no man.
Time flies( like an arrow ).
Time is money.
Time is the great healer.
Time wears away love.
Times change .
To carry coals to Newcastle.
To cast water into the Thames.
To dig a well to put out a house on fire.
To every bird his own nest is best.
To fish in the air,to hunt in the sea.
To go up like a rocket and come down like a stick..
To know all is to forgive(pardon) all.
To know is one thing, and it's quite another thing to teach.
To lock the stable when the horse is stolen.
To lose is to win.
To mention the wolf's name is to see the same.
To sail in the same boat.
To see is to believe.
To see is to believe.
To see it rains is better than to be in it.
To try the patience of a saint.
Tomorrow is another day.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Too much curiosity lost Paradise.
Too much is as bad as too little.
Too much spoils, too little is nothing.
Too much water drowned the miller.
Toward evening the lazy man beings to be busy.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Two blacks do not make a white.
Two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
Two heads are better than one.
Two kings in one kingdom cannot reign at once.
The fault of another is a good teacher.

 
 U 
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Unexpected things often happen.
Union is strength.
Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.
Use the means and God will give the blessing.

 
 W 
Wake not a sleeping lion.
Wake not a sleeping lion.
Walls have ears.
Wash your dirty linen at home.
Waste not, want not.
Water is a boon in the desert, but the drowing man curses it.
We cannot see the wood for the trees
We have piped to you, and you have not danced.
We never meet without a parting.
We soon believe what we desire.
Wealth is stepmother to virtur.
Well begun is half done.
Well fed, well bred.
What can you expect from a hog but a grunt.
What can't be cured must be endured.
What happens twice will happen three times.
What is done cannot be undone.
What is every man's business is no man's business.
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave(tomb).
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.
What is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
What one loses on the swings one gains(wins) on the roundabouts.
What the colt learns in youth he continues in old age.
What the heart thinks, the mouth speaks.
What youth learns age does not forget.
When children stand quiet they have done some ill.
When falsehood speaks,truth keeps silent.
When Fortune knocks, open the door.
When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war.
When in Rome do as the Romans do.
When one door shuts another opens.
When one god deserts you, another will pick you up.
When the cat is away, the mice will play.
When the word is out, it belongs to another.
When you repent it is too late.
When you take shelter, make sure you go under a big tree.
When you've seen one, you've seen them all.
Whenthe cat is away, the mice will play.
Where there is life, there is hope.
Where there is over mickle courtesy, there is little kindness.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
While there is life there is hope.
Who can hold what will be going ?
Who can read the future ?
Who chatters to you will chatter of you.
Who loves me,loves my dog.
Who loves not wine,women and song he is a fool his whole life.
Who repairs not his gutters repairs his whole house.
Whom God will destroy he first makes mad.

 
 Y 
Years know more than books.
You are(One is) never too old to learn.
You can take (lead) a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
You cannnot catch old birds with chaff.
You cannot burn the candle at both ends.
You cannot eat(have) your cake and have(eat) it (too).
You cannot get blood out of a stone.
You cannot get blood out of a stone.
You cannot make a crab walk straight.
You cannot put old heads on young shoulders.
You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.
You cannot see the city for the houses.
You cannot sell the cow and drink the milk.
You don't give the finishing touch.
You have to reap what you have sown.
You have to start somewhere.
You know good manners, but you use but few.
You may(could) go ( a lot of) farther(further) and fare (a lot of) worse.
You must drink as you have brewed.
You must lose a fly to catch a trout.
You must sow before you can reap.
You never forget your own trade.
You should't look a gift horse in the mouth.
You'll never know unless you try.
You've made your bed and you must ile on it.
You(One) cannnot make an omelete without breaking eggs.
Youth will have its course.

 
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あとの祭り
あなた以外の者をすべて許しなさい
あばたもえくぼ
あやまたぬ人はいない
あるはないに勝る
あるものに甘んじよ
あわてて結婚して、ゆっくりと悔やめ
イギリス人の家は自分の城である
いくら良い魚でも3日経つと腐る
いずれそのうちという日はない
いつまでも怒るな
いつも同じ話ばかりするものじゃない
いつも来る客は歓迎されない
うそも方便
うっかり大事なものを捨てるな
エビで鯛を釣る
おいては子に従え
おごれるものは久しからず
おごれる者久しからず
お菓子は食べればなくなる
愛されるより愛する方がすばらしい
逢うは別れの始め
悪の道に入るのはたやすい
悪貨は良貨を駆逐する
悪妻家を滅ぼす
悪事千里を走る
悪事千里を走る
悪事千里を走る
悪人の方が善人よりも楽しい思いをする
悪銭身につかず
悪銭身に付かず
悪銭身に付かず
悪銭身に付かず
悪党よりバカがまし
悪評の力は恐ろしい
虻蜂取らず
安心できるまで喜ぶな
安心出来るまでは喜ぶな
案ずるより、生むが易し
案ずるより産むは易し
以心伝心
偉大なる者には安まる時はない
威張るやつは、きまって臆病者だ
意図するところは良くても、成功するとは限らない
移れば変わる世の習い
衣食足りて、礼節を知る
衣食足りて礼節を知る
衣食足りて礼節を知る
衣服は人を作らず
医者の不養生
井の中の蛙、大海を知らず
井の中の蛙大海を知らず
一を聞いて、十を知る
一気に出来ることは、一気にやれ
一挙両得
一事が万事
一寸の虫にも五分の魂
一寸の虫にも五分の魂
一寸先は闇
一石二鳥
一度不法に甘んずれば、また不法を招くことにな
一頭が溝を飛び越せば、すべての羊があとから続く
一難去って、また一難
一日一個のリンゴを食えば、医者は要らない
一日一日が歴史の1ページである
一年の計は元旦にあり
一年の計は元旦にあり
一番出来ない者が、一番自慢する
一病息災
一文惜しみの百知らず
一蓮托生
一攫千金
鰯の頭も信心から
因果応報
因果応報
雨降って地固まる
雨降って地固まる
雨降って地固まる
雨樋を直さない者は、家全部を直すことになる
嘘から出た誠
嘘つきは泥棒の始まり
嘘つきは泥棒の始まり
嘘でもたくさん言いかければ、多少は信じられる
嘘も方便
瓜のツルには茄子はならぬ
噂をすれば影
噂をすれば影
運命の女神は勇者に味方する
英雄色を好む
英雄相知る
縁は異なもの
黄金時代が現代であった試しはない
岡目八目
屋上屋を架す 
恩を仇で返す
家程良いところはない
蝦で鯛を釣る
過ちをした者は、人が皆、そのうわさをしていると思うものだ
絵に書いた餅は食べられない
幾つになっても学ぶことはあるもんだ
鬼に金棒
鬼の目にも涙
鬼の留守に洗濯
蟻の甘きに付くがごとし
蟻の穴から堤も崩れる
急がば、回れ
急がば、回れ
急がば、回れ
急がば、回れ
急ぐと自分のかかとにつまづく
牛を売って牛乳は飲めない
居候の3杯目
魚心あれば、水心
魚心あれば水心
恐るべき者に対するには、まともにぶつかる方が、かえって良い
空き樽は音が高い
嫌がることはさせられない
嫌なことも、いつかは終わる
嫌な事もこれでお終い
犬の遠吠え
犬も歩けば棒に当たる
犬も歩けば棒に当たる
言うは易く、行いは難し
言わぬが花
後にならなければ、相手の当たりはずれは、分からない
後の祭り
後は野となれ山となれ
後は野となれ山となれ
今にまさる好機はない.
思いは口に出る
思い立ったが、吉日
旨いものは宵に食え
氏より育ち
終わりよければすべて良し
女3人寄れば、かしましい
女心と秋の空
女心と秋の空
上手い言葉は、空のスプーン
色気より食い気
新しい葡萄酒は古い皮袋に入れてはならない
親があなたを思うのと同じように親を思いなさい
親の因果が子に報い
親の顔が見たい
親の心子知らず
親ばか
親ばかチャンリン、そば屋の風鈴
親はなくとも子は育つ
親孝行したいときには親はなし
生きている限り、苦しいことがある
生まれると同時に死は始まる
生みの親より育ての親
石の上にも3年
石の上にも3年
石橋をたたいて渡る
相手のいない喧嘩はできない
足るを知るは、富にまさる
他山の石
多くの事に手を出す者は、仕上げるのが少ない
多くの人に愛されるものは若死にしやすい
帯に短し、襷に長し
大げさなことはするな
大口叩きは何もできない
大山鳴動してネズミ一匹
大勢かかれば、仕事は楽になる
男のマネをしてるような男っぽい女性は好かれない
男の子のいたずらはしょうがない
男の心をとらえるには、胃袋から
男の年は気持ちの通り、女の年は見かけのとおり
男は家屋を作り、女は家庭を作る
男は度胸
溺れるものはワラをも掴む
溺れる者は、藁をもつかむ
当たって砕けろ
頭でっかち尻つぼみ
頭隠して尻隠さず
頭禿げても浮気はやめぬ
同じ話ばかりするな
得手に帆をあげよ
内股膏薬
内弁慶は誰にでも出来る
内輪の恥を人目にさらすな
内輪もめしている一家は立ちいかない
馬の耳に念仏
売り言葉に買い言葉
卑しくも価値あることなら立派にやるだけの価値はある
美しいバラもいつかは萎れる
美しいも皮一重
命あっての物種
命有っての、物だね
明日の百より今日の五十
明日は明日の風が吹く
憂いの反面には喜びがある
遊ぶよりはまずは仕事
嵐の前の静けさ
藍より青し
憐れみは恋に通ずる
慇懃過ぎる者には巧知あり
羮(あつもの)にこりて膾(なます)を吹く

 
 か 
かえって疑われる
かかあ天下である
かけがえのない人というものは、ないものだ
カッパの川流れ
かわいさ余って憎さ百倍
きつい言葉なら、怪我はない
きれい好きは敬神に近い
ごちそうは少人数ほど良い
ことばだけで行為の伴わぬ者は、雑草だらけの庭みたいなものだ
この親にして この子あり
この親にして、この子あり
この親にしてこの子あり
この世に全く新しきものなし
この世は楽し
ご機嫌取りの追従笑い・・ごますり
雲がなければ太陽の喜びはない
佳人薄命
可愛い子には旅をさせろ
果報は寝て待て
果報は寝て待て 
稼ぐに追いつく貧乏無し
過ちては改むるにはばかる事なかれ
過去の事は水に流せ
過失を認めるのは、償いの半ば
我田引水をする
画竜点睛
臥薪嘗胆
蟹を縦に歩かせることはできない
蛙の子は蛙
垣根があれば、友情も長持ちする
各自が戸口を掃けば、町はきれいになる
隔靴掻痒
学者必ずしも良師ではない
学問に王道なし
樫の大樹も、もとは皆ドングリ
渇しても盗泉の水は飲まず
堪忍袋の緒が切れる
肝心な時の忠言、耳に逆らう
肝胆相照らす
期待は現実にまさる
毅然としてないと、人にやられる
気前のよきより、まず至当たれ
亀の甲より年の功
亀の甲より年の功
亀の甲より年の功
偽善とは悪が善にささげる敬意なり
逆のことを同時には出来ない
逆境では普通には会えない(口をきかない)ような人と縁ができる
逆境で人は成長する
逆境は人を賢くする
窮すれば通ず
窮鼠ネコをかむ
漁夫の利
共同責任は共同無責任
教会経営と信仰生活は平行しがたい
郷に入っては郷に従え
郷に入れば郷に従え
極端な方法を取るな
桐一葉、落ちて天下の秋を知る
禁じられた果実が最も甘い
金がものを言う
金が仇
金の世の中
金の切れ目が縁の切れ目
金は天下の回りもの
苦しいときの神頼み
苦しみがあっての喜び
苦は楽の種
空腹に不味いものなし
偶然に決まる
靴の痛いところは、履いている者にしか分からない
熊を捕らなきゃ毛皮は売れない
君子は豹変する
君子危うきに近寄らず
君子危うきに近寄らず
君子危うきに近寄らず 
経験は最良の師
経験は知恵の母
経験不足の者も、経験豊かな人の教えを受ければ有利である
警戒は警備なり
鶏口となるも、牛後となるなかれ
芸は身を助く
芸は身を助く
欠ければ満つる世の習い
欠点なき人はなし
決して得られることのない報い
結果が偉大ならそこに至るまでの課程も苦労があるものだ
結果良ければすべて良し
結婚は人生の墓場
健康の価値は病気になるまでわからない
健康第一
健全なる精神は健全なる肉体に宿る
権力に屈する場合などの言葉
謙遜しすぎるな
賢い人は転んでもただでは起きない
賢者は一人でいても、孤独ではない
賢者は経験せずとも学ぶ
賢者は黙して語らず
賢人は皆同じように考えるものだ
現在役に立っているものを、軽率に捨てるな
言葉より行為
枯れ木も山のにぎわい
枯れ木も山の賑わい
虎穴に入らずんば虎児を得ず
虎穴に入らずんば虎児を得ず
五月が過ぎるまでは、ボロでも脱ぐな
五十歩百歩
後悔先に立たず
後悔先に立たず
後悔先に立たず
乞食は三日もやれば止められない
光陰矢のごとし
功賞、相伴うはまれなり
口にした言葉は取り返しがつかない
口は災いの元
口は災いの元
口八丁手八丁
好奇心もほどほどに
好奇心を持ちすぎるな
好機はいくらも残っている
好機逸すべからず
好機逃すべからず
好事魔多し
孔子に論語
巧言令色少なし仁
幸運は少なくとも一度は誰の門も叩く
弘法は筆を選ばず
弘法も筆の誤り
弘法も筆の誤り
弘法も筆の誤り 
攻撃は最前の防御なり
攻撃は最大の防御なり
甲の損は乙の得
高位にあれば、危険も多い
今日できることは明日に延ばすな
今日の一針は明日の十針
今日の卵は明日の鶏に勝る
今日出来ることは今日のうちに
困ったときの友は、真の友
困難なくして、栄冠なし
困難なくして栄冠はなし
紺屋の白袴
紺屋の白袴
子どもが黙っている時は、何か悪いことをしたのだ
子どもは大人の前でみだりに口をきいてはならない
子に過ぎたる宝なし
飼い犬に手をかまれる
事の成否はがんばり一つ
借り手にも貸し手にもなるな
臭いものには蓋
勝って兜の緒を締めよ
勝って兜の緒を締めよ
勝てば官軍
勝てば官軍
勝てば官軍負ければ賊
心ここに在らざれば聞けども聴こえず
心は熱すれども、肉体弱気なり
神は滅ぼそうとするときには、気を狂わせることから始める
転ばぬ先の杖
買ってからでは、手遅れ
彼は手前味噌ばかり並べる
必ずまたの機会があるものだ
必ず又の機会が来る
風向きを知っておくがよい
風邪には大食、熱には小食(が良い)
風邪は万病の元
聞くは一時の恥
聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥
聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥
聞こうとしないものほど、耳の聞こえない者はない
壁に耳あり障子に目あり
変わり者もいなければ、世間とは言えない
木によって魚を求む 
木によりて魚を求む
木の価値はその実でわかる
木を見て山を見ず
木を見て森を見ず
恋には錠前も勝てない
恋は盲目

 
 さ 
しまりが固ければ、失う心配がない
すぐ出来るにこしたことはないけど全然やらないよりはマシだ
すべての道はローマに通ず
すべて良いことには終わりがある
せいては事をし損じる
そうあれかしと願っていると、そうだと信じるようになる
そのうちに良くなるさ
その言葉に思い当たるなら、自分の事と思うが良い
それだけの努力をせよ
育ち盛りは、いくら食べても、食べたりない
猿も木から落ちる
猿も木から落ちる
過ぎたことは諦めろ
過ぎたるは なお及ばざるが如し
過ぎたるは なお及ばざるが如し
過ぎたるは及ばざるがごとし
過ぎたるは及ばざるがごとし 
過ぎたる好奇心は楽園を失う
過ぎ去った時間は使えない
去る者は追わず
去る者は日々に疎し
空腹にまずいもの無し
好きこそ物の上手なれ
好きこそ物の上手なれ
最後に笑うものが一番よく笑う
最後の一滴でコップがあふれる
最大の敵は自己である
歳月人を待たず
殺人(悪事、秘密)は必ず露見する
雑草のない庭はない
三歳児の魂百まで
三歳児の魂百まで
三十六計逃げるにしかず
三人寄れば文殊の知恵
三人寄れば文殊の知恵
三度目の正直
仕方なしの親切に感謝は無用
四面楚歌
始終同じことばかり話すな
死なば諸共
死ぬ恐怖を何度も味わう
死は万人を平等にする
死を恐れすぎるな
死んだ者のことはほめよ
死人に口なし
事実は小説より奇なり
事実は小説より奇なり 
事情によって立場(事態)も変わる
慈愛は、我が家から始まる
慈愛は多くの罪を償う
時勢は移る
次代をになう若者を育てるのは、母である
自画自賛
自業自得
自業自得
自然は最良の医師
自然は美しい
自分で話すより、人の話を聞く方が学ぶことが多い
自分に弱みのある者が人を非難すれば、自分もその弱みをつかれる(やぶ蛇)
失敗しても次の機会を待て
失敗は成功の元
失敗は成功の元
捨てる神在れば拾う神在り
借金なければ、危険なし
釈迦に説法
釈迦に説法
弱者は負けるー弱肉強食
朱に交われば赤くなる
酒は飲むとも飲まれるな
酒は百薬の長
習慣は第二の天性
住めば都
住めば都
十人十色
十人十色
柔よく剛を制す
重要なものから順番に
初心忘るべからず
書物と友人は、数は少なく、良いものであるべきだ
勝負は時の運
将を射んとすれば、まず馬を射よ
将を射んとすれば、まず馬を射よ
小の虫を殺して大の虫を助ける
小人はつまらないことに興ずる
小人閑居にして、不善をなす
小人閑居にして、不善をなす
少し我が儘を許してやると、ますますつけあがる
少年よ大志を抱け
少年老いやすく学成りがたし
冗談が本当になることがある
触らぬ神に祟りなし
触らぬ神に祟りなし
尻馬に乗る
信頼出来ぬ者に、秘密を語るな
真価はくだらない外観の下に隠れている
親しき仲にも礼儀あり
親しき仲にも礼儀あり
進んで働く者には仕事をさせよ
針小棒大
人事を尽くして天命を待つ
人生は影法師
人生夢のごとし
人物は背丈では測れない
雀百まで踊り忘れず
世間の半分は、あとの半分の暮らしを知らない
成果は人を頼まず
正体不明の災いよりも正体の分かっている災いの方が良い
正直は最善の策
正直者が馬鹿を見る
精神一到何事かならざらん
絶対絶命の病には、荒療治が要る
先んずれば人を制す
先んずれば人を制す
先手必勝
栴檀は双葉より芳し
船頭多くして船、山に登る
善は急げ
善人は環境に染まらない
全てが満足、万事順調
全てを否認するは、全てを告白するに同じ
全てを望めば、すべてを失う
全資産を一つの事業にかけることはするな
素質のない者はダメだ
僧服、僧を作らず
騒ぎ立てる人は大したことはない
騒ぎ立てる人は大したことはない
側に居ないと、想いはつのる
袖触れあうも多生の縁
袖振りあうも他生の縁
損して得を取れ
知らぬが仏
知らぬ間に色々な変化があるものだ
地獄の沙汰も金次第
地獄の沙汰も金次第
地獄の沙汰も金次第
背に腹はかえられぬ
背に腹はかえられぬ
背に腹はかえられぬ
備えあれば憂いなし
備えあれば憂いなし
備えあれば憂いなし
優れている者には風当たりが強い
率直な告白は心を安らげる
賽は投げられた

 
 た 
ただより高いものはない
だまされやすい者はいつでもいるもんだ
だめなやつは文句が多い
ためらう者は機会を逃す
ドアは開けておくか、締めておくかしかない
どこの家にも困りものはいるものだ
どんなに優れている者でも訓練しなければ伸びない
遠くの親類より近くの他人
何処に行こうとも我が家にまさる所はない
楽しめるときに楽しめ
楽しめるときに大いに楽しめ、善行を施せ
強いものには勝てない
血は水よりも濃い(他人より身内)
月にむら雲 花に風(事故は起こるもの)
虎の威を借る狐
高みの見物
妻のない男は半人前
罪を憎んで人を憎まず
時が経てば、悲しみなども薄らぐもの
時の砂に残る足跡は、ただ座っていて出来るものではない
時は金なり
時計は逆には戻せない
取らぬ狸の皮算用
取り越し苦労
取り越し苦労はするな
出る杭は打たれる
所変われば品変わる
所変われば品変わる
食べるために生きず、生きるために食べろ
塵も積もれば山となる
塵も積もれば山となる
塵も積もれば山となる
塵も積もれば山となる
千里の堤も蟻の穴から
千里の道も一歩から
戦って逃げても生きながらえて、他日また戦う機会がある
多芸は無芸
多芸は無芸
多忙な人ほど、時間を見つける
退却の道を経つな
大は小を兼ねる
大は小を兼ねる
大器晩成
大器晩成
大器晩成
大魚は小池に棲まず 
大食は剣より多く人を殺す
大都市では人は孤独
第一印象が最も長持ちする
誰にでも得意な時代はある
短気は損
短気は損気
団結は力なり
知らぬは亭主ばかりなり
知識は力なり
忠告ぐらい気前よくふるまわれるものはない
朝令暮改
長所が欠点になることあり
鳥なき里のこうもり
沈黙は金
沈黙は承諾の印
亭主より女房が強いのは不幸だ
敵は本能寺にあり
鉄は熱いうちに打て
鉄砲玉に当たるも当たらぬも、皆運命
天の報いも時には遅れるが必ず行われる
天は自ら助ける者を助ける
天網恢々 疎にして漏らさず
天網恢々疎にして漏らさず(悪いことをすれば、必ず天罰が下る)
転石コケむさず
点滴岩をも穿つ
点滴石をも穿つ
灯台もと暗し
同気相求む
同情より少しの援助
同族(骨肉)相食まず
同病相哀れむ
得やすきは失いやすし
毒も薬も人によりけり
毒を食らえば、皿まで
毒を食らえば、皿まで
年は取ってもいろいろな能力はある
年寄りのいうことは滅多にはずれない
飛んで火に入る夏の虫
閉じられた本は塊でしかない
便りのないのは良い便り
捕らぬ狸の皮算用
捕らぬ狸の皮算用
宝の持ち腐れ
宝の持ち腐れ
愉しい時は速く過ぎ去る
友よりわれを守らせたまえ、敵より身を守ることはできますゆえに
頼む時には注文無用
立つ鳥跡を濁さず
旅の恥はかきすて
旅の恥はかきすて
旅は道連れ
旅は道連れ世は情け
旅は道連れ世は情け
棘のない薔薇はなし
蓼食う者も好きずき
蓼食う者も好きずき
蓼食う者も好きずき

 
 な 
ならぬ堪忍するが堪忍
なんでもござれ
何事にでも好奇心を持つのは良くない
慣れすぎると、侮りを招く
慣れればなんでも平気になる
願っていることは信じやすい
泣きっ面に蜂
泣きっ面に蜂
軒を貸して母屋を取られる
喉元過ぎれば暑さ忘れる
喉元過ぎれば暑さ忘れる
糠に釘
残り物には福がある
似たもの主従
七転び八起き
煮ても焼いても食えぬ
習い性となる
習うより慣れよ
習うより慣れろ
習うより慣れろ
女房と畳は新しい方がよい
乗りかかった船
情けは人のためならず
寝た子を起こすな
人間は決して希望を捨てない
人間万事塞翁が馬
人間万事塞翁が馬
人間万事塞翁が馬
生兵法は怪我の基
憎まれっ子世にはばかる
憎まれっ子世にはばかる
憎まれっ子世にはばかる
怠け者に余暇なし
怠け者の節句働き 
暖簾に腕押し
仲間の物は盗まない
長いものには巻かれろ
長いものには巻かれろ
長く付き合うには、掛けは禁物
長持ちするものなど
盗んだ果実はおいしい
盗人にも三分の理
盗人を捕らえて縄をなう
逃がした魚は大きい
逃げるが勝ち
逃げるが勝ち
逃した魚は大きい
内心の悪意をうわべの丁重さで隠す
二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず
二度あることは、三度ある
二度と同じ手は食わない
二度在ることは三度在る
日光を見ずして結構と言うなかれ
猫がいないとネズミが暴れる
猫には九生
猫に鰹節
猫に小判
念には念を入れ
能ある鷹は爪を隠す
能ある鷹は爪を隠す
望みなきとき、心破れる
望みを得ることが長引くときは心を悩ます
眠っているライオンを起こすな
無い袖は振れぬ
無い袖は振れぬ
無くて7癖
名は体を表す

 
 は 
はじめが良ければ、事は半分成ったも同じ事
ひどい災難は同じ人に二度降りかかることはない
ふぐは食いたし命は惜しい
へいへいばかりしてると、甘く見られる
ペンは剣よりもつよし
ほれた目にはあばたもえくぼ
一つのことだけに頼るのは危険
一つの嘘は多くの嘘を生む
一つ見れば十分
下手な職人は道具のせいにする
下手な鉄砲も数打ちゃ当たる
下手な鉄砲も数打ちゃ当たる
火の無い所に煙は立たぬ
花より団子
光ものすべてが金ならず
降れば土砂降り
惚れたはれたは当座のうち
骨折り損のくたびれ儲け
骨折り損のくたびれ儲け 
始めが肝心
歯に衣着せぬ
蛇の道は蛇
蛇の道は蛇
拾った者が持ち主(落とした者は、泣きをみる)
人と比較して、とやかく言うのは良くない
人の噂も75日
人の噂をあなたに語る者は、あなたの噂もするだろう
人の欠点を責める前に、自分の欠点を知れ
人の口に戸は立てられない
人の振り見てわが振り直せ
人の振り見て我が振り直せ
人の不幸を堪え忍ぶのはたやすいものだ
人の物はよく見える
人の褌で相撲を取る
人はパンのみにて生きるにあらず
人は皆同じ
人は見かけによらぬもの
人は言葉よりも行いで判断される
人は交わる友達によって分かる
人は自分の仕事に専念すべきだ
人もやってるからといって、自分の悪事が正当化されるわけじゃない
人を見たら泥棒と思え
人を裁くな、人に裁かれぬためである
人を呪わば、穴二つ
人を頼るな
早い者勝ち
早ければ早い程良い
早起きは三文の得
早合点は禁物
早寝早起きすれば、健康で金持ちで賢くなれる
笛吹けど踊らず
踏みならされた道が一番安全
働く者には報酬がある
豚にはブーブーしか期待出来ない
豚に真珠
豚に真珠
二人の主人には仕えない
馬耳東風
八十の手習い
八方美人頼むに足らず
犯罪は引き合わないものだ
繁栄は友を作り、逆境は友を試す
卑怯と言われるのが嫌で、勇気を見せる者が多い
卑賤な者にも相応の権利はある
美人薄命
美貌などは一皮剥けば同じこと
必要は発明の母
百聞は一見にしかず
百聞は一見にしかず
百聞は一見にしかず
百里の道も一歩から
瓢箪から駒
貧乏暇なし
貧乏暇なし
貧乏人が金を持つと、傲慢になる
不満は進歩の第一歩
夫婦げんかは犬も食わない
武士に二言なし
服従することによって、支配することを学べ
服従できない者は、支配出来ない
腹が減っては戦はできぬ
腹も身の中
腹八分に医者はいらない
覆水盆に返らず
払うつもりがなければ、口実はあるものだ
仏のお顔も三度
変化の他は変化せぬものなし
返事のないのも、また返事
方法は様々
坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い
坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い
棒きれや石じゃなし
吠え立てる犬はかみつかない
吠え立てる犬はかみつかない
本末転倒
欲しいものはなく、欲しくないものは余ってるものだ
離れてみるから、美しくみえる

 
 ま 
まいた種は刈らねばならぬ
まかぬ種は生えぬ
まさかの時の友こそ真の友
まず事実を確かめよ
まず隗より始めよ
また良いこともあろうと楽観して最悪に備えよ
まもなく事態は好転しよう
ミイラ取りがミイラになる
むしろ鶏口となるとも牛後となることなかれ
もらい物のあらを探す
見かけで判断するな
見ざる、聞かざる、言わざる
見た目より心
見よう見まね
元の鞘に収まる
元も子もない
三つ子の魂百まで
三つ子の魂百まで
蒔かぬ種は生えぬ
蒔かぬ種は生えぬ
蒔かぬ種は生えぬ
実を見て木を知れ
守るばかりが防御ではない
身から出た錆
身から出た錆
身の程を知れ
身近なこと(仲間)を大切にせよ
水清ければ魚住まず
昔取った杵柄
全くついていた
全くの悪人というものはいない
待つ身は長い
待てば海路の日和あり
待てば海路の日和あり
待てば甘露のひよりあり
馬子にも衣装
馬子にも衣装
馬子にも衣装
負けるが勝ち
物には時節
物は試し
物言う時あり、黙る時あり
物事には、みなはじめがある
物事にはそれにふさわしい時と場所(潮時)というものがある
文句をいうばかりでは仕方がない
満足は永久の祝宴
満腹しても、まだ食べたがるもの
満腹はごちそうも同様
無駄な威嚇はやめておけ
無駄をしなければ、不足も起こらない
無知は幸福
無理が通れば道理が引っ込む
無理が通れば道理引っ込む
明々白々の事を、説明するな
模倣は最も誠意ある追従なり
目には目を、歯には歯を
目は口ほどにものを言う
目は口ほどにものを言う
目は心の窓である
餅は餅屋
門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む

 
 や 
やぶ蛇
やましいことがあれば、びくつくものだ
やり始めた事を途中で変えるな
やる気のある人の方が役に立つ
やる気のない人はどんなに指導してもダメ
よく学び、よく遊べ
よその芝生は(うちの芝生より)青く見える
安物買いの銭失い
横取りする
火傷した子は火を怖がる
寄らば大樹の陰
寄る年波には勝てない
弱みを持つ者は(自分のことを棚に上げて)人に文句は言ってはいけない
弱り目に祟り目
弱り目に祟り目
柔らかな答えは憤りをとどめる
焼け石に水
病は気から
夜目遠目傘のうち
夜目遠目傘のうち
夜目遠目傘のうち
柳の下にはいつもドジョウはいない
柳の枝に雪折れなし
油断大敵
優しき心は宝冠にまさる
雄弁は銀、沈黙は金
羊頭狗肉
欲にはキリがない
欲にはキリがない
欲張りの丸損
欲望は遅れに育まれる
良いものは簡単には手に入らない
良い酒には看板は要らない
良い評判を取るのは難しいが、失うのは早い
良くない人物、因子は 周りに悪影響を与える

 
 ら 
ローマは一日にして成らず
楽あれば苦あり
楽あれば苦あり
楽な道につくものだ
楽は苦の種苦は楽の種
来年のことをいえば鬼が笑う
落胆するな
理由が分かれば許したくなる
流行に逆らう者もまた、流行の奴隷なり
両極端は一致する
両雄相会えば、激闘が起こる
両雄並び立たず
良薬は口に苦し
良薬は口に苦し
類は友を呼ぶ
例外のない規則はない
例外のない規則はない
冷酷な人間から、同情は得られない
礼儀を尽くすに金はいらない
霊感の9割は発汗にあり
歴史なき国は幸いなり
歴史は繰り返す
恋愛と戦争では手段を選ばない
労する者と、上がりを吸い上げる者がある
労せずして効なし
老犬に新しい芸は教えられない
老練の者はだませない
六十の手習い
論より証拠
論より証拠
論語読みの論語知らず
論争で両方にいいように言う

 
 わ 
わざわざ弱点を知らせることはない
悪い仲間と交わるよりも、一人でいるが良い
悪者と組む者は、油断も隙もあってはならない
我が家にまさる所はない
我が家程良いところはない
災い転じて福となる
私のやっていることはともかく、言うことは信頼して欲しい
私はあなたにおべっかを使うような友人にはなれない
私を一度欺く者には恥あれ、私を二度欺くことあらば、私に恥あれ
若いうちに青春を楽しめ
若いときの苦労は買ってでもせよ
若い時はそれなりの生き方があるもんだ
若い者に年配者の分別は求められない
笑いは百薬の長
笑う角には福来たる
笑う門には福来たる
渡る世間に鬼はなし
破れ鍋に綴じ蓋