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горбатого могила исправит
stresses
gen.
can the leopard change his spots
;
what is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh
;
the leopard cannot change his spots
;
leopard not changing his spots
(
NumiTorum
)
idiom.
bone will not go out of the flesh
inf.
she is hopeless
lat.
mutare maculas pardi non potes
(
VLZ_58
)
polit.
only the grave will straighten out a hunchback
(
bigmaxus
)
;
the leopard can't change his spot
(
bigmaxus
)
proverb
what is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh
(дословно: Что в костях, то и во плоти)
;
can the leopard change his spots? you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
(one cannot correct someone else's bad habits or stupid convictions, a bad man will die a bad man)
;
what is bred in the bone will not come out of the flesh
;
the wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature
;
the wolf may change his coat, but not his disposition
;
the thief is sorry he is to be hanged, but not that he is a thief
;
he who is born a fool is never cured
(contrast: true blue will never stain)
;
only the grave can straighten the hunchback
;
he who is born a fool is never cured
(дословно: Дураком рождённый-от дурости не излечится)
;
the leopard cannot change its spots
(дословно: Леопард не может перекраситься (т.е. не может изменить свою натуру))
;
a leopard cannot change its spots
;
once a wolf always a wolf
;
Only the grave will redeem a knave
(
Logofreak
)
;
nature will have its course
;
what is bred in the bone will come out in the flesh
;
you cannot wash charcoal white
(дословно: Уголь добела не отмоешь)
;
can the leopard change his spots?
;
though you cast out nature with a fork, it will still return
;
a leopard can't change his spots
(
Don Quixote
)
горбатого могила исправит!
proverb
can the leopard change his spots?
Горбатого могила исправит
idiom.
A leopard cannot change its spots
(
org.uk
Madlark
)
proverb
A leopard can't change its spots
(
Dmitrie
)
;
he who born a fool is never cured
(
AmaliaRoot
)
горбатого могила исправит
:
9 phrases
in 2 subjects
Informal
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