英語（えいご）のことわざ・日本（にほん）のことわざ
[ Proverbs in English・日本（にほん）の諺（のことわざ） ]
「目次」へ 「あ行」へ 「か行」へ ここが「さ行」です 「た行」へ 「な行」へ 「は行」へ 「ま行」へ 「や行」へ 「ら行」へ 「わ行」へ
  •  諺（ことわざ）や、格言（かくげん）、慣用句（かんようく）などの日本（にほん）での言い回しと、英語（えいご）での表現の一覧です。
  • 日本語（にほんご）と英語（えいご）を対比させていますが、文化や生活習慣の違いから、それぞれが全く同じ言葉や表現であるとは限りません。意味合いが近い言葉の例としてそのいくつかを掲載しています。
  • 例えば、風流より実利、外観より実質という喩えの「花より団子」を、英語の表現としてはパンと小鳥のさえずりを用いた「Bread is better than the songs of birds. （鳥のさえずりよりもパンのほうがよい）」を例としてあげました。
  • また、日本には「日光を見ずして結構というなかれ」という言葉がありますが、これに似たニュアンスの英語として「See Naples and then die. （ナポリを見て死ね）」をあげています。「覆水盆に返らず」の「 It is no use crying over spilt milk. （こぼした牛乳を嘆いても無駄）」なども同じです。
    
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歳月（さいげつ）人を待たず Time and tide wait for no man.
細工（さいく）は流々（りゅうりゅう）、仕上げを御覧（ごろう）じろ The end crowns the work.
The end crowns all.
最後に笑う者が最もよく笑う He laughs best who laughs last.
才子多病（さいしたびょう）／才子短命　⇒ 佳人薄命 Those whom the gods love die young.
Whom the gods love die young.
The gifted die young.
God takes soonest those he loveth best.
賽（さい）は投げられた The die is cast.
先（さき）んずれば人を制（せい）す = 攻撃は最大の防御（ぼうぎょ） Offense is the best defense.
Attack is the best form of defense.
First come, first served.
He who makes the first move wins.
The early bird gets [catches] the worm.
酒は百薬の長 Wine is the panacea of all ills.
Good wine makes good blood.
猿も木から落ちる = 弘法（こうぼう）にも筆の誤（あやま）り　＝上手の手から水が漏る Even Homer sometimes nods.
Homer nods sometimes.
A horse may stumble though it has four legs.
去る者は日々に疎（うと）し Out of sight, out of mind.
触（さわ）らぬ神に祟（たた）りなし Let sleeping dogs lie.
Far from Jupiter, far from thunder.
Don't ask for trouble.
三十六計逃ぐるにしかず Discretion is the better part of valor.
The best thing to do now is to run away.
山椒は小粒でぴりりと辛い Within a little head, great wit.
A little body often harbors a great soul.
三度目の正直 The third time lucky.
The third time pays for all.
All things thrive at thrice.
三人寄れば文殊（もんじゅ）の知恵 Two heads are better than one.

仕上げが肝心 All's well that ends well.
自業自得（じごうじとく） As a man sows, so shall he reap.
As you sow, so shall you reap.
All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
地獄の沙汰（さた）も金次第 Money makes the mare to go.
Money makes the world go round.
Money talks.
Money can solve anything.
A golden key opens every door.
No penny, no pardon.
獅子身中（しししんちゅう）の虫 Better be an open enemy than a false friend.
事実は小説よりも奇（き）なり Truth is stranger than fiction.
Fact is stranger than fiction.
親しき中にも礼儀あり A hedge between keeps friendship green.
Manners know distance.
Politeness is not just for strangers.
失敗は成功の基（もと） Failure teaches success.
死人に口なし Dead men tell no tales.
釈迦（しゃか）に説法（せつぽう） Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
Teach your grandmother how to suck eggs.
It is not necessary to teach a fish to swim.
蛇（じゃ）の道は蛇（へび） A devil knows one of its own.
Those who hide can find.
He that hides can find.
Set a thief to catch a theif.
An old poacher makes the best keeper.
An old poacher makes the best gamekeeper.
習慣は第二の天性 Habit is second nature.
十人十色（じゅうにんといろ） Many men, many minds.
So many men, so many minds.
So many men, so many opinions.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
柔（じゅう）よく剛（ごう）を制（せい）す = 柳の枝に雪折れなし Soft words win hard hearts.
Better bend than break.
To a hard anvil, a feather hammer.
主人が主人なら家来も家来 = この主人にしてこの家来あり　⇒ この親にしてこの子有り Like master, like man.
朱（しゅ）に交（まじ）われば赤くなる Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.
He who touches pitch shall be defiled.
将朱（しょう）を射（い）んと欲すればまず馬を射よ He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin.
小事（しょうじ）を軽（かろ）んずるなかれ Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.
正直（しょうじき）の頭（こうべ）に神宿る／正直は最善の策／正直は最良の策 Honesty is the best policy.
正直者が馬鹿を見る Honesty is ill for thriving.
小人（しょうじん）閑居（かんきょ）して不善（ふぜん）を為（な）す Doing nothing is doing ill.
The devil finds work for idle hands.
The devil finds work for idle hands to do.
The devil finds mischief for idle hands to do.
By doing nothing we learn to do ill.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
Idle hands are the devil's workshop.
Idleness is the root of all evil.
Idleness is the mother of all evil.
上手（じょうず）の手から水が漏（も）る・上手の手から水が漏れる ＝ 弘法（こうぼう）にも筆の誤（あやま）り ＝ 猿も木から落ちる Even Homer sometimes nods.
Homer nods sometimes.
冗談から駒が出る ＝ 嘘（うそ）からでた実（まこと） ＝ ひょうたんから駒 Many a true word is spoken in jest.
There is many a true word spoken in jest.
少年老い易く学成り難し Art is long, life is short.
Art is long, time is fleeting.
知らぬが仏 Ignorance is bliss.
He that knows nothing doubts nothing.
知らぬは亭主ばかりなり The husband is always the last to know.
人生は儚（はかな）い夢にすぎない Life is but an empty dream.
人事を尽くして天命を待つ Do the likeliest, and God will do the best.
針小棒大（ しんしょうぼうだい ） Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
死んだ子の年を数えても無駄だ It's no use crying over spilt milk.
死んで花実（はなみ）が咲くものか While there is life, there is hope.
心配は身の毒／心配すると命が縮まる Care killed the cat.

過ぎたるは猶（なお）及（およ）ばざるが如（ごと）し／過ぎたるは及ばざるがごとし The last drop makes the cup run over.
The last straw breaks the camel's back.
More than enough is too much.
すきを与えると魔がさすもの　⇒ 璧 （ たま ） を 懐 （ いだ ） いて罪あり Opportunity makes the thief.
雀百まで踊り忘れず What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.
捨てる神あれば拾う神あり When one door is shut another is opened.
すべての道はローマに通ず All roads lead to Rome.
住めば都（みやこ） There is no place like home.
To every bird his own nest is best.
Wherever I hang my hat is home.
済んだことをくよくよするな Don't cry over spilt milk.
済んだことは仕方がない What is done cannot be undone.

精神一到（せいしんいっとう）何事か成らざらん = 為せば成る為さねばならぬ何事も成らぬは人の為さぬなりけり Where there is a will, there is a way.
急（せい）いては事（こと）を仕損（しそん）じる = 短気は損気 Haste makes waste.
More haste, less speed.
青天（せいてん）の霹靂（へきれき） A bolt from the blue.
背に腹はかえられぬ Necessity knows no law.
Necessity has no law.
Close sits my shirt, but closer sits my skin.
せめてもの頼り = 窮余の一策 Any port in a storm.
船頭多くして船山に登る Many hands make light work.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Too many cooks spoil the soup.
千里の道も一歩から The longest journey begins with a single step.
He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.
善は急げ Good deeds should be done without hesitating.
Make no delay in doing what is good.
Good deeds should be done quickly.
Make hay while the sun shines.　⇒ 日が照っているうちに干草を作れ

袖（そで）すり合うも多生（たしょう）の縁（えん）
袖振り合うも多生の縁		 A chance acquaintance is a divine ordinance.
備え有れば患い無し Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
Lay up for a rainy day.
Lay up against a rainy day.
損をする者があれば得をする者もある It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
損して得取れ Sometimes the best gain is to lose.

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