Category: ზნის/თვისების შეცვლა შეუძლებელია

The leopard does not change his  spots. Can the Ethiopian change his colour (his skin)? (Br.). Can the leopard change his spots? What is bred in the bone will not… Read more »

Leopard does not chnage its spots Can the Ethiopian change his colour (his skin)? (Br.). Can the leopard change his spots? (Br.). You can never scare a dog from a… Read more »

Can the leopard change his spots. Cut off a dog’s tail and he will be a dog still (Br.). Cut off a dog’s tail and he will still be a… Read more »

Bring a cow into the hall and she’ll run to the byre (Br.). Drive nature out of the door and it will return by the window (Am.). The frog cannot… Read more »

You cannot have all chiefs, you gotta have Indians too (Am) There are too many choefs and not enough Indians (Br) A pig in the parlo(u)r is still a pig… Read more »

It is difficult to change habits/ leopard does not change its spots A crow is never the whiter for washing herself oft (often) (Br.). A crow is no whiter for… Read more »

If an ass goes a-traveling, he’ll not come back a horse (Am.). If an ass goes a-travelling, he’ll not come home a horse (Br.). Lead a pig to Rhine, it… Read more »

A pig used to dirt turns up its nose at rice boiled in milk (Am.) Black will take no other hue (Am., Br.). A crow is never /the/ whiter for… Read more »

Can the Ethiopian change his colour (his skin)? (Br.). Can the leopard change his spots? (Br.). A (The) leopard cannot (does not) change his spots (Am., Br.). What is bred… Read more »

An ape is an ape, a varlet is a varlet, though they be clad in silk and scarlet (Am.). An ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet, though they be… Read more »

Action without thought is like shooting without aim (Am.). Beggars mounted run their horse to death (Br.). Give a beggar a horse and he’ll ride it to death (Am.). Give… Read more »

What is bred in the bone will not /come/ out of the flesh (Am., Br.) A golden bit does not make a horse any better (Br.Am). Pigs are pigs (Am.)… Read more »

A crooked tree will never straighten its branches (Am.). That which is crooked cannot be made straight (Br.). What is bred in the bone will not /come (go)/ out of… Read more »

If an ass goes a-traveling, he’ll not come back a horse (Am.). If an ass goes a-travelling, he’ll not come home a horse (Br.) Lead a pig to Rhine, it… Read more »