故事・諺 特集
英語にどう訳すと言うより、英語にある諺・言い回しに置き換えてあります。 英語であまりに長すぎる言い換え置き換えは、省いてあります。 したがって日本語で有名な諺・故事で抜けているのは多数あります。
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ああ言えばこう言う But me no buts.
赤子の手をひねる As easy as kissing my hand.
悪銭身に付かず Ill-gotten, ill-spent.
雨降って地固まる After a storm comes a calm.
案ずるより生むが易し Hang sorrow, cast away care.
明日はわが身 What chances to one man may happen to all.
当たるも八卦当たらぬも八卦 Fortune is fickle and blind.
後の祭り After meat, mustard.
後は野となれ山となれ After us the deluge.
あつものに懲りてなますを吹く A scalded cat fears cold water.
暑さ寒さも彼岸まで Neither heat nor cold abides always in the sky.
慌てる乞食は貰いが少ない To glean the goods before the cart has carried. :: :
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馬耳東風 None so deaf as those who will not hear.
番茶も出花 Everything hath its time.
傍若無人 To be grown free and easy.
坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い Love me, love my dog.
武士に二言なし A bargain is a bargain. ::
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ちりも積もれば山となる Many a little makes a mickle.
忠言耳に逆らう Bitter pills may have blessed effects. : :
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大は小を兼ねる The greater hides the less.
出る杭は打たれる Great winds blow on high hills.
泥棒捕らえて縄をなう It is too late to shut the stable-door after the horse has bolted. : :
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江戸の敵を長崎で討つ To have the wrong sow by the ear.
燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんや Only the eagle can gaze at the sun.
縁の下の力持ち Behind the scenes.
縁は異なもの Marriages are made in heaven. : :
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夫婦喧嘩は犬も喰わぬ The falling out of lovers is the renewing of love.
覆水盆に返らず It is no use crying over spilt milk.
踏んだり蹴ったり To add insult to injury.
不惑 A fool at forty is a fool indeed. : :
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我田引水 Every miller draws water to his own mill.
画竜点睛 All is well that ends well.
下司の勘ぐり To shoot wide of the mark.
呉越同舟 Woes unite foes.
郷に入っては郷に従え When in Rome, do as the Romans do. : :
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花より団子 Pudding before praise.
腹が減っては戦が出来ぬ An army marches on its stomach.
下手の考え休むに似たり Mickle fails that fools think.
貧すれば鈍する It is a hard task to be poor and leal.
人のふり見て我がふり直せ Better learn from your neighbour's skaith than by your own.
人は石垣人は城 Better a castle of bones than of stones.
人は見かけによらぬもの None can guess the jewel by the casket.
骨折り損のくたびれ儲け To labour in vain. : :
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一事が万事 False with one can be false with two.
石橋を叩いて渡る Forewarned is forearmed.
石の上にも三年 Patience is a virture.
衣食足りて礼節を知る Manners and maney make a gentleman.
一寸の虫にも五分の魂 Tread on a worm and it will turn.
言わぬが花 No wisdom to silence. : :
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耳順 A sexagenarian.
人口に膾炙す That is well spoken that is well taken.
十人十色 So many men, so many minds. : :
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壁に耳あり Walls have ears.
瓜田に履を納れず Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.
間 髪を容れず In the twinkling of an eye.
艱難汝を玉にす Adversity makes a man wise not rich.
堪忍袋の緒が切れる Patience provoked turns to fury.
枯れ木も山の賑わい A bad bush is better than open field.
可愛い子には旅をさせよ Spare the rod, and spoil the child.
結構毛だらけ To be as good as gold.
犬猿の仲 Agree like cats and dogs.
雉も鳴かずば打たれまい Silence does seldom harm.
聞くは一時の恥 Nothing is lost for asking.
巧言令色鮮し仁 A honey tongue, a heart of gall.
光陰矢の如し Time has wings.
転ばぬ先の杖 Look before you leap.
苦は楽の種 No pains, no gains. : :
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馬子にも衣装 Fine feathers make fine birds.
蒔かぬ種は生えぬ Harvest follows seedtime.
目は口ほどにものを言う The eyes have one language everywhere.
身から出た錆 Self do, self have. : :
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泣きっ面に蜂 Misfortunes never come alone.
二度あることは三度ある Everything comes in three.
憎まれっ子世にはばかる Ill weeds grow apace.
能ある鷹は爪を隠す Who knows most speaks least.
喉元過ぎれば熱さ忘れる The danger past and God forgotten.
糠に釘 It's like water off a duck's back.
濡れ手で粟 To make money like hay. : :
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帯に短し襷に長し That which is good for the back is bad for the head.
傍目八目 Lookers-on see more than players.
親の心子知らず No love to a father's. : :
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李下の冠 Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.
論語読みの論語知らず A mere scholar, a mere ass.
論より証拠 Example is better than precept.
累卵の危うき The sceme is a house of cards. : :
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塞翁が馬 Life has its ups and downs.
酒は百薬の長 Good wine makes good blood.
三人よれば文殊の知恵 Two heads are better than one, even if the one's a sheep's.
去る者日々に疎し Out of sight, out of mind.
去る者は追わず Who can hold that will away.
薩摩守 To steal a ride.
青天の霹靂 A bolt from the blue.
栴檀は双葉より芳し It early pricks that will be a thorn.
船頭多くして船山へ登る Too many cooks spoil the broth.
親しき仲に礼儀あり Little intermeddling makes good friends.
小人閑居して不善をなす An idle brain is the devil's shop.
将を射んとせば馬を射よ He that would the daughter win must with the mother first begin.
朱に交われば赤くなる He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.
俎上の魚 Like a fish out of water.
その手は桑名の焼き蛤 An old fox is not easily snared.
過ぎたるはなお及ばざるが如し More than enough is too much.
雀の涙 Chicken feed.
雀百まで踊り忘れず The child is the father of the man. : :
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旅は道連れ世は情け A merry companion is a waggon in the way.
蓼食う虫も好きずき There is no accounting for taste.
大器晩成 Slow and steady wins the race.
高嶺の花 No meat for mowers.
宝の持ち腐れ Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
単刀直入 Not to beat about the bush.
立て板に水 To speak nine words at once.
天知る 地知る The day has eyes, the night has ears.
遠くの親戚より近くの他人 A near neighbour is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.
虎の子 The apple of one's eye. 蟷螂の斧 To throw one's cap in the wind. : :
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魚心あれば水心 Claw me, and I'll claw thee.
売り言葉に買い言葉 One ill word asks another. : :
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笑う門には福来たる Laugh and grow fat.
禍転じて福となす To make the best of a bad bargain. : :
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藪蛇 Wake not a sleeping lion.
やはり野に置け蓮華草 Dogs are fine in the field.
焼け石に水 As lost as a drop of water in the sea.
病膏肓に入る Nay that's past praying for.
酔いに十の損あり What you do drunk, you must pay for sober.
羊頭狗肉 He cries wine, and sells vinegar. : :
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善人なおもて往生す 況や悪人をや Mercy surpasses justice.
05/29/1999