| 单词 | leopard cannot change its spots, a |
| 释义 | leopard cannot change its spots, aAlso, the tiger cannot change its stripes. One can't change one's essential nature. For example, He's a conservative, no matter what he says; the leopard cannot change its spots. These metaphoric expressions both originated in an ancient Greek proverb that appears in the Bible (Jeremiah 13:23): “Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?” It was first recorded in English in 1546. Words nearby leopard cannot change its spots, aalembicated, Alençon, Alençon lace, alendronate sodium, Alene, leopard cannot change its spots, a, aleph, aleph-bet, aleph-null, Aleppo, Aleppo boil The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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