| 单词 | to change one's spots |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto change one's spots g. to change one's spots: to alter one's behaviour or opinions. Cf. leopard n. 2. ΚΠ 1834 U.S. Tel. 11 Aug. 913/6 These are the men who pretend to be Democrats! These are the patent exclusives who having had Mr Van Buren to blow upon them, have changed their leopard spots.] 1841 Examiner 3 July 421/1 Toryism has covered now and then, but it has never changed, its spots. 1881 ‘T. Amberfly’ Flyes in Amber 116 Oh, no; he has changed his spots completely. He is no longer a bucolic, idiotic, turnip headed, old Obstructionist. 1905 J. M. Forman Tommy Carteret xviii. 118/1 Unless Jimmy has changed his spots, he will not turn up when he is expected, but at some other quite different time. 1974 D. Clement & I. La Frenais Porridge: Scripts (2002) 1st Ser. Episode 3. 79/2 You've changed your spots, ain't you? Day we come in,..you didn't even know if you were C of E, Pressed Beef or a flaming Buddhist. 2002 Premiere Oct. 10/4 Abusers do not change their spots. < as lemmas |
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