单词 | a leopard cannot change its spots |
释义 | a leopard cannot change its spots phrase [VERB inflects] See full dictionary entry for leopard If you say that a leopard cannot change its spots, you mean that people or things are not able to change their basic characteristics, especially when you are critical of those characteristics. This only goes to show how this prejudiced leopard has in no way changed his spots. |
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