a leopard cannot change its spots
köken: Literally, “a cat won't stop chasing mice”
a leopard cannot change its spots
köken: Literally, “one cannot remake oneself”.
the chickens come home to roost; truth will out
köken: Literally, “all the knots come to the comb”.
Rusça 🔊 как ау́кнется, так и откли́кнется
a leopard cannot change its spots
köken: Unadapted borrowing from Arabic لَا تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ ٱللَّٰهِ (lā tabdīla liḵalqi llāhi, literally “there is no altering for God's creation”), a Quranic phrase in the so-called "verse of Fitrat" (30:24).
Azerice 🔊 qozbeli qəbir düzəldər
Felemenkçe 🔊 een vos verliest zijn streken niet
人を害すると、密かにやったつもりであっても、同じ仕打ちにあうことを覚悟すべきであるということ。転じて、安易に他人を害しようとすることの戒め。
köken: Literally "if you curse someone, there are two holes."
Korece 🔊 개 버릇 남 주나 , 제 버릇 개 못 준다 , 제 버릇 개 줄까
İsveççe 🔊 ränderna går aldrig ur
the chickens come home to roost
köken: Rhyme, literally, “suffer [my] body, since you wanted to”.
Ukraynaca 🔊 горбатого могила виправить
a leopard cannot change its spots
you can't teach an old dog new tricks
köken: Literally, “you won't teach an old dog new tricks”.
what goes around comes around, sow the wind, reap the whirlwind, the chickens come home to roost
köken: Literally, “God doesn't beat with the club”. Possibly a calque of Hungarian Isten nem ver bottal, with the same meaning.
a leopard cannot change its spots, the fox may grow grey but never good, the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature, you cannot turn chalk into cheese
köken: Literally, “out of a dog there will be no lard”.
changing a country's borders is easy, but changing a person's character is hard
köken: Calque of Chinese 江山易改，本性難移 /江山易改，本性难移 (giang sơn dị cải, bản tính nan di).
Litvanca 🔊 vilku gimęs, vilku ir dvės
a leopard cannot change its spots
köken: Literally: "only the grave can cure a hunchback".
Galce 🔊 a newidia y llewpard ei frychni?
a leopard cannot change its spots (literally, ‘instinct is stronger than upbringing’)
Ermenice 🔊 թուրքը մնում է թուրք , կարմիր կովը կաշին չի փոխի
Malayca 🔊 sukar untuk meluruskan ekor anjing , ايکور انجيڠ دلوروت , تيدق لوروس جوݢ , روڤا بوليه دأوبه, طبيعة دباوا ماتي , سوکر اونتوق ملوروسکن ايکور انجيڠ
cmn 🔊 害人害己 , 本性难移 , 江山易改，本性難移 /江山易改
nan 🔊 牛就是牛，牽到北京也是牛 /牛就是牛 , 牛牽到北京也是牛 /牛牵到北京也是牛 , 牵到北京也是牛
sh 🔊 vuk dlaku mijenja, ali ćud nikada