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EAGLE
Eagles catch no flies. ⇒ 教訓 ３６
Eagles do not breed doves. ⇒ 教訓２４０
Eagles don't catch flies. ⇒ 教訓 ３６
EAR
Choose a wife by your ear rather than by your eye. ⇒ 教訓２５・ ⇒
教訓２５３
EARLY
An early bird catches the worm. ⇒ 教訓１１５
Early rain and a woman's tears are soon over. ⇒ コトワザこぼれ話（５）
Early ripe, early rotten. ⇒ 教訓 ９８
Early sow, early mow. ⇒ 教訓１１５
Early to bed and early to rise, make a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
⇒ 教訓１１５
EAST
East or west, home is best. ⇒ 教訓 ４
The longer east the shorter west. ⇒ 教訓 ３
Too far east is west. ⇒ 教訓 ３
EASY, EASIER
All things are difficult before they are easy. ⇒ 教訓１０２
All things are easy, that are done willingly. ⇒ 教訓 ８９
Custom makes all things easy. ⇒ 教訓１０２
Easy come, easy go. ⇒ 教訓 ６・ ⇒ 教訓１４９
It is easy to be wise after the event. ⇒ 教訓１８４
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.[Shakespeare] ⇒ 教訓１２３
Easier said than done. ⇒ 教訓２１５
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for
a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. [Matthew, Mark] ⇒ 教訓 ３２・
⇒ 教訓１５２
It is easier to be said than done. ⇒ 教訓 ９８
It is easier to pull down than to build. ⇒ 教訓２１６
EAT
Dog does not eat dog. ⇒ 教訓１３５
Don't make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you. ⇒ 教訓２３４
Eat to live; do not live to eat.[Soctates] ⇒ 教訓８１
Great eaters(Gluttons) dig their grave with their teeth. ⇒ コトワザこぼれ話（３）
He that will steal an egg will steal an ox. ⇒ 教訓１６２
He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut. ⇒ 教訓１０５
He who (or that) will not labor must not eat. ⇒ 教訓２４９
If you won't work you shan't eat.[Thessalonians] ⇒ 教訓２４９
Revenge is a dish that can be eaten cold. ⇒ 教訓 ２２４
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. ⇒ 教訓１７６
You cannot have your cake and eat it. ⇒ 教訓 ８５
You can't eat your cake and have it. ⇒ 教訓 ８５
You have to eat a peck of dirt before you die. ⇒ 教訓 ５６
EAVESDROPPER
Eavesdroppers (or Listeners) never hear any good of themselves. ⇒
教訓２２２
EEL
Who has a woman has an eel by the tail. ⇒ コトワザこぼれ話（５）
EGG
A black hen lays a white egg. ⇒ 教訓 ２１
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. ⇒ 教訓 ５
Don't put all your eggs in one basket. ⇒ 教訓１２５
Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs. ⇒ 教訓１７７
He that will steal an egg will steal an ox. ⇒ 教訓１６２
He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut. ⇒ 教訓１０５
He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens. ⇒ 教訓１０４
Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs.[Aesop] ⇒ 教訓 ９４
Never take a stone to break an egg, when you can do it with the back
of your knife. ⇒ 教訓 ６９ ・ ⇒ 教訓 ８１
You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs. ⇒ 教訓１０５
EMPTY
An empty sack cannot stand upright. ⇒ 教訓１５４
Better are small fish than an empty dish. ⇒ 教訓 ７４
Don't throw (or empty) the baby out with the bath water. ⇒ 教訓 ８１
Empty sacks will never stand upright. ⇒ 教訓１５４
Empty vessels make the most sound. ⇒ 教訓２３ ・ ⇒ 教訓２１２
He who gives fair words feeds you with an empty spoon. ⇒ 教訓２１０
Life is but an empty dream.[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow] ⇒ 教訓 ４７
END，ENDING，ENDLESS
A good beginning makes a good ending. ⇒ 教訓 ８７
All good things come to an end. ⇒ 教訓 １０・ ⇒ 教訓 ６３
All is well that ends well. ⇒ 教訓 ８８
Curiosity is endless, restless, and useless. ⇒ 教訓１２０
Everything has an end. ⇒ 教訓 ８８
He sees no farther than the end of his nose. ⇒ 教訓 ４３
He who wills the end, wills the means. ⇒ 教訓 ７８
Love is sweet in the beginning but sour in the ending. ⇒ 教訓 ８８
No man better knows what good is than he who has endured evil. ⇒
教訓 ６２
Someone cannot see beyond the end of his nose. ⇒ 教訓 ４３
The end crowns all. ⇒ 教訓 ８８
The end crowns the work. ⇒ 教訓 ８８
The end justifies the means. ⇒ 教訓 ４２・ ⇒ 教訓 ８０
The longest day must have an end. ⇒ 教訓 ５８
The longest night will have an end. ⇒ 教訓 ５８
The thin end of the wedge is dangerous. ⇒ 教訓 ３３
You cannot burn the candle at both ends. ⇒ 教訓 ８５
ENEMY
An enemy to beauty is a foe to nature. ⇒ 教訓 １６
Better be an open enemy than a false friend. ⇒ 教訓１３８
Every man is his own worst enemy. ⇒ 教訓２４６
Never tell your enemy that your foot aches. ⇒ 教訓２３５
The best is often the enemy of the good. ⇒ 教訓 ７２
ENOUGH
A fool's tongue is long enough to cut his own throat. ⇒ 教訓１９８
A word is enough to the wise. ⇒ 教訓４１・ ⇒ 教訓１７４
A word to the wise is sufficient (or enough). ⇒ 教訓４１・ ⇒ 教訓１７４
Enough is as good as a feast. ⇒ 教訓 ７１
Fling (or Throw) dirt enough and some will stick. ⇒ 教訓 ３７・ ⇒
教訓２０１
Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself. ⇒ 教訓１６５
Half a word to a wise man is enough. ⇒ 教訓１７４
He who does no good does evil enough. ⇒ 教訓２１３
It is misery enough to have once been happy. ⇒ 教訓 ６２
Many would be cowards if they had courage enough. ⇒ 教訓 ９７
More than enough is too much. ⇒ 教訓 ７１
Too many chiefs, not enough Indians. ⇒ 教訓１４２
ERR
To err is human, to forgive divine.[Alexander Pope] ⇒ 教訓２３２
ERRAND
Send a wise man on an errand and say nothing unto him. ⇒ 教訓１７４
EVENT
Coming events cast their shadows before. ⇒ 教訓 ４１
It is easy to be wise after the event. ⇒ 教訓１８４
EVERYBODY
A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. ⇒ 教訓１３８
Everybody loves a lord. ⇒ 教訓１５０
Everybody's business is nobody's business. ⇒ 教訓１３３
He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it. ⇒ 教訓２３１
What everybody says must be true. ⇒ 教訓１８８
EVERYONE
Everyone ( or Every man ) to his taste. ⇒ 教訓 ２０
Everyone speaks well of the bridge which carries him over. ⇒ 教訓１５６
Everyone stretches his legs according to the length of his coverlet.
⇒ 教訓 ７７
He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it. ⇒ 教訓２３１
EVERYTHING
A place for everything, and everything in its place.[Isabella Mary
Beeton] ⇒ 教訓 ６７
Custom reconciles us to everything. ⇒ 教訓１０２
Everything comes to him who waits. ⇒ 教訓１０４
Everything has an end. ⇒ 教訓 ８８
Everything is good in its season. ⇒ 教訓１１２
Everything must have a beginning. ⇒ 教訓 ３０
Everything will turn out for the best. ⇒ 教訓 ５８
There is a first time for everything. ⇒ 教訓８７
There is a remedy for everything except death. ⇒ 教訓 ６０
There is a time and place for everything. ⇒ 教訓１１２
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. ⇒ 教訓１４４
EVIL
Evil be to him who evil thinks. ⇒ 教訓２２２
He that hopes not for good, fears not evil. ⇒ 教訓 ６６
He who does no good does evil enough. ⇒ 教訓２１３
Idleness is the root of all evil. ⇒ 教訓２１３
Many a good cow has an evil calf. ⇒ 教訓２４１
Money is the root of all evil. ⇒ 教訓１５２
Never do evil that good may come of it.[Romans iii.8] ⇒ 教訓８１
No man better knows what good is than he who has endured evil. ⇒
教訓 ６２
Of two evils choose the lesser. ⇒ 教訓 ７６
Out of the mouth comes evil. ⇒ 教訓１９８
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. ⇒ 教訓１３５
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.[Matthew] ⇒ 教訓 ６１
The love of money is the root of all evil. ⇒ 教訓１５２
EXAMPLE
Example is better than precept. ⇒ 教訓２１４
EXCEPTION
Every rule has its exception. ⇒ 教訓 １
The exception proves the rule. ⇒ 教訓 １
There is no rule without some exception. ⇒ 教訓 １
EXCUSE
A bad excuse is better than none. ⇒ 教訓７４
A woman need but look on her apron-string to find an excuse. ⇒ コトワザこぼれ話（５）
An ill payer never wants an excuse. ⇒ 教訓 ９５
He who excuses himself accuses himself. ⇒ 教訓 ３
Ignorance of the law excuses no man. ⇒ 教訓１７３
Ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it. ⇒ 教訓１７３
EXPECT，EXPECTATION
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.[Alexander
Pope] ⇒ 教訓 ６６
Expectation is better than realization. ⇒ 教訓 １３
If red the sun begins his race, expect that rain will flow apace.
⇒ コトワザこぼれ話（３）
It is the unexpected that always happens. ⇒ 教訓 １５
Nothing is so certain as the unexpected. ⇒ 教訓 １５
The unexpected always happen. ⇒ 教訓 １５
We may not expect a good whelp from an ill dog. ⇒ 教訓２４０
What can you expect from a hog (or pig) but a grunt? ⇒ 教訓２４０
EXPERIENCE
Age and experience teach wisdom. ⇒ 教訓１７７
Experience is a good (or the best) teacher. ⇒ 教訓１７６
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. ⇒ 教訓１７６
Experience is the father of wisdom. ⇒ 教訓１７６
Experience is the mother of wisdom (or knowledge). ⇒ 教訓１７６
Experience is the teacher of fools. ⇒ 教訓１８４
Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.
⇒ 教訓１８３
Trouble brings experience and experience brings wisdom. ⇒ 教訓 ６２
EXTREME
A woman either loves or hates in extremes. ⇒ コトワザこぼれ話（５）
Extremes meet. ⇒ 教訓３
EXTREMITY
Every extremity is a vice. ⇒ 教訓 ６８
EYE
An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.[Exodus] ⇒ 教訓２２４
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ⇒ 教訓 １９
Choose a wife by your ear rather than by your eye. ⇒ 教訓２５・ ⇒
教訓２５３
Choose not a wife by the eye only. ⇒ 教訓 ２５
Far from eye, far from heart. ⇒ 教訓 １４
Fields have eyes, and woods have ears. ⇒ 教訓１９９
Four (or Two) eyes see more than two (or one). ⇒ 教訓１８５
Hew not too high lest the chips fall in thine eye. ⇒ 教訓 ７２
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. ⇒ 教訓２２８
It is as hard as for a camel to pass through a needle's eye. [Matthew,
Mark] ⇒ 教訓 ３２
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for
a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. [Matthew, Mark] ⇒ 教訓 ３２・
⇒ 教訓１５２
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards.
⇒ 教訓１６９
The eye is bigger than the belly. ⇒ 教訓 ２０
The eye of a master does more work than both his hands. ⇒ 教訓１４１
The eyes are the window of the soul (or heart). ⇒ 教訓 ２８・ ⇒
教訓２０６
The eyes have one language everywhere. ⇒ 教訓２０６
What the eye doesn't see the heart doesn't grieve over. ⇒ 教訓１６９
You can see a mote in another's eye but cannot see a beam in your
own.[Matthew] ⇒ 教訓 ８