English idiom for only being able to act in the way you were raised
I'm looking for an English (UK) idiom which I think might be similar to "I can only follow my roots" and means that I can only act in the way I was raised.
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I'm looking for an English (UK) idiom which I think might be similar to "I can only follow my roots" and means that I can only act in the way I was raised.
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Like father, like son. The apple doesn't fall very far from the tree.
– Hot Licks
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A leopard can't change his spots.
– Mitch
2 hours ago
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I'm looking for an English (UK) idiom which I think might be similar to "I can only follow my roots" and means that I can only act in the way I was raised.
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I'm looking for an English (UK) idiom which I think might be similar to "I can only follow my roots" and means that I can only act in the way I was raised.
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Like father, like son. The apple doesn't fall very far from the tree.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
1
A leopard can't change his spots.
– Mitch
2 hours ago
add a comment |
1
Like father, like son. The apple doesn't fall very far from the tree.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
1
A leopard can't change his spots.
– Mitch
2 hours ago
1
1
Like father, like son. The apple doesn't fall very far from the tree.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
Like father, like son. The apple doesn't fall very far from the tree.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
1
1
A leopard can't change his spots.
– Mitch
2 hours ago
A leopard can't change his spots.
– Mitch
2 hours ago
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"As the twig is bent, so grows the tree." It's based on a bit of Pope:
'Tis education forms the common mind,
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined
The saying is used in the US. I assume, given its source, that is also used in the UK.
edited 2 hours ago
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remarklremarkl
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I forgot to mention "The child is father of the man," also from an English poet. (William Wordsworth, in "My Heart Leaps Up.") thoughtco.com/child-is-the-father-of-man-3975052
– remarkl
49 mins ago
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Similar to phrase In question one can say :
I remember my roots./I can’t [won’t] forget my roots./I remember where I came from.
Numerous examples of above online and I’m not sure if there is a clear original source. On a similar vein, I like this quote:
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
Abraham Lincoln.
brainyquote.com
answered 3 hours ago
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Wolfgang Mieder, A Dictionary of American Proverbs (1992) identifies multiple variants of the following proverb, which may be on point:
What is bred in the bone will come out in the flesh.
Mieder says that this expression goes back to circa 1290, with a first recorded North American occurrence in 1637. The idea is that what is most deeply embedded in a person or thing will find expression closer to the surface as well.
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"As the twig is bent, so grows the tree." It's based on a bit of Pope:
'Tis education forms the common mind,
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined
The saying is used in the US. I assume, given its source, that is also used in the UK.
edited 2 hours ago
Laurel
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answered 4 hours ago
remarklremarkl
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I forgot to mention "The child is father of the man," also from an English poet. (William Wordsworth, in "My Heart Leaps Up.") thoughtco.com/child-is-the-father-of-man-3975052
– remarkl
49 mins ago
add a comment |
"As the twig is bent, so grows the tree." It's based on a bit of Pope:
'Tis education forms the common mind,
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined
The saying is used in the US. I assume, given its source, that is also used in the UK.
edited 2 hours ago
Laurel
32.9k664117
answered 4 hours ago
remarklremarkl
3498
I forgot to mention "The child is father of the man," also from an English poet. (William Wordsworth, in "My Heart Leaps Up.") thoughtco.com/child-is-the-father-of-man-3975052
– remarkl
49 mins ago
add a comment |
"As the twig is bent, so grows the tree." It's based on a bit of Pope:
'Tis education forms the common mind,
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined
The saying is used in the US. I assume, given its source, that is also used in the UK.
edited 2 hours ago
Laurel
32.9k664117
answered 4 hours ago
remarklremarkl
3498
"As the twig is bent, so grows the tree." It's based on a bit of Pope:
'Tis education forms the common mind,
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined
The saying is used in the US. I assume, given its source, that is also used in the UK.
edited 2 hours ago
Laurel
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answered 4 hours ago
remarklremarkl
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edited 2 hours ago
Laurel
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Laurel
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I forgot to mention "The child is father of the man," also from an English poet. (William Wordsworth, in "My Heart Leaps Up.") thoughtco.com/child-is-the-father-of-man-3975052
– remarkl
49 mins ago
add a comment |
I forgot to mention "The child is father of the man," also from an English poet. (William Wordsworth, in "My Heart Leaps Up.") thoughtco.com/child-is-the-father-of-man-3975052
– remarkl
49 mins ago
I forgot to mention "The child is father of the man," also from an English poet. (William Wordsworth, in "My Heart Leaps Up.") thoughtco.com/child-is-the-father-of-man-3975052
– remarkl
49 mins ago
I forgot to mention "The child is father of the man," also from an English poet. (William Wordsworth, in "My Heart Leaps Up.") thoughtco.com/child-is-the-father-of-man-3975052
– remarkl
49 mins ago
add a comment |
Similar to phrase In question one can say :
I remember my roots./I can’t [won’t] forget my roots./I remember where I came from.
Numerous examples of above online and I’m not sure if there is a clear original source. On a similar vein, I like this quote:
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
Abraham Lincoln.
brainyquote.com
answered 3 hours ago
k1erank1eran
18.6k63877
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Similar to phrase In question one can say :
I remember my roots./I can’t [won’t] forget my roots./I remember where I came from.
Numerous examples of above online and I’m not sure if there is a clear original source. On a similar vein, I like this quote:
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
Abraham Lincoln.
brainyquote.com
answered 3 hours ago
k1erank1eran
18.6k63877
add a comment |
Similar to phrase In question one can say :
I remember my roots./I can’t [won’t] forget my roots./I remember where I came from.
Numerous examples of above online and I’m not sure if there is a clear original source. On a similar vein, I like this quote:
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
Abraham Lincoln.
brainyquote.com
answered 3 hours ago
k1erank1eran
18.6k63877
Similar to phrase In question one can say :
I remember my roots./I can’t [won’t] forget my roots./I remember where I came from.
Numerous examples of above online and I’m not sure if there is a clear original source. On a similar vein, I like this quote:
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
Abraham Lincoln.
brainyquote.com
answered 3 hours ago
k1erank1eran
18.6k63877
edited 3 hours ago
answered 3 hours ago
k1erank1eran
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answered 3 hours ago
k1erank1eran
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answered 3 hours ago
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Wolfgang Mieder, A Dictionary of American Proverbs (1992) identifies multiple variants of the following proverb, which may be on point:
What is bred in the bone will come out in the flesh.
Mieder says that this expression goes back to circa 1290, with a first recorded North American occurrence in 1637. The idea is that what is most deeply embedded in a person or thing will find expression closer to the surface as well.
answered 2 hours ago
Sven YargsSven Yargs
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Wolfgang Mieder, A Dictionary of American Proverbs (1992) identifies multiple variants of the following proverb, which may be on point:
What is bred in the bone will come out in the flesh.
Mieder says that this expression goes back to circa 1290, with a first recorded North American occurrence in 1637. The idea is that what is most deeply embedded in a person or thing will find expression closer to the surface as well.
answered 2 hours ago
Sven YargsSven Yargs
113k19243503
add a comment |
Wolfgang Mieder, A Dictionary of American Proverbs (1992) identifies multiple variants of the following proverb, which may be on point:
What is bred in the bone will come out in the flesh.
Mieder says that this expression goes back to circa 1290, with a first recorded North American occurrence in 1637. The idea is that what is most deeply embedded in a person or thing will find expression closer to the surface as well.
answered 2 hours ago
Sven YargsSven Yargs
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Wolfgang Mieder, A Dictionary of American Proverbs (1992) identifies multiple variants of the following proverb, which may be on point:
What is bred in the bone will come out in the flesh.
Mieder says that this expression goes back to circa 1290, with a first recorded North American occurrence in 1637. The idea is that what is most deeply embedded in a person or thing will find expression closer to the surface as well.
answered 2 hours ago
Sven YargsSven Yargs
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answered 2 hours ago
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answered 2 hours ago
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Like father, like son. The apple doesn't fall very far from the tree.
– Hot Licks
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A leopard can't change his spots.
– Mitch
2 hours ago