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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.

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    A leopard can't change his spots.

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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.

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    A leopard can't change his spots.

    – Mitch
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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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  • 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





    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








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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




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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.






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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

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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.
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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.






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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

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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.






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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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      "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.






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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.







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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



















      • 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













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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







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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







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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







          share|improve this answer















          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








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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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                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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                  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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                  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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