| 单词 | you can't teach an old dog new tricks |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyou can't (also it is hard to) teach an old dog new tricks d. you can't (also it is hard to) teach an old dog new tricks and variants: when one is accustomed to doing things in a certain way, it is difficult to change or adapt. ΚΠ ?1530 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry (rev. ed.) f. xxiv The dogge must lerne it whan he is a whelpe or els it wyll not be, for it is harde to make an olde dogge to stoupe.] 1636 J. Philipot Camden's Remaines (new ed.) Prov. 300 It is hard to teach an old dog trickes. 1775 C. Telfair Town & Country Spelling-bk. i. 16 It is hard to teach an old dog new tricks. 1835 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 7 Feb. 9/2 The absolute difficulty which an old dog experiences in learning new tricks. 1872 Nursery 11 16 I'll take a cigar to keep my nose warm. It is a bad habit, I know; but you can't teach an old dog new tricks. 1912 Engin. Mag. July 591/2 In many cases such efforts at decentralization are still very crude. It is hard to teach old dogs new tricks. 1985 Industry Week (Nexis) 21 Jan. 48 The modern executive has to be a learner, sometimes willing to change—the exception to the rule that you can't teach an old dog new tricks. 2004 N. Foxx Going Buck Wild 135 She certainly wasn't going to start doing that now. You can't teach an old dog new tricks. < as lemmas |
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