a leopard cannot change its spots

Engleski

Etimologija

Ultimately from Jeremiah 13:23 of the King James Bible.

Poslovica

a leopard cannot change its spots

1. One cannot change one's own nature.
   • 1597, William Shakespeare, Richard II Act i, Scene 1 (First Folio):

     King. Lyons make Leopards tame.
     Mowbray. Yea but not change his spots.

   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Jeremiah 13:23:

     Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?

   • 1820, Walter Scott, chapter 32, in Ivanhoe:

   • 1918, Johnston McCulley, Thubway Tham's Inthane Moment:

Sinonimi

• the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature
• the fox may grow grey but never good

Antonimi

• once an Eagle, always an Eagle

Vidite takođe

• what's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh

Prevodi

one cannot change one's own nature

• Arabic: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• Armenian: կարմիր կովը կաշին չի փոխի (karmir kovə kašin čʿi pʿoxi), (specifically of Turks) թուրքը մնում է թուրք (tʿurkʿə mnum ē tʿurkʿ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (formal: "rivers and mountains change, but not one's nature") 江山易改，本性難移／江山易改，本性难移 (zh), 江山易改，本性难移 (zh) (jiāng shān yì gǎi, běn xìng nán yí), 狗改不了吃屎 (zh) (gǒu gǎi bù liǎo chī shǐ, literally “a dog can't help eating shit”)

• Czech: starého psa novým kouskům nenaučíš, zvyk je železná košile
• Danish: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• Dutch: een vos verliest zijn streken niet
• Esperanto: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• Estonian: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• Finnish: jäljistään jäniskin tunnetaan (literally “a hare is known by its tracks”)
• French: chassez le naturel, il revient au galop (fr)
• Georgian: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• German: die Katze lässt das Mausen nicht (de)
• Greek: ο λύκος κι αν εγέρασε κι άσπρισε το μαλλί του, μήτε τη γνώμη άλλαξε, μήτε την κεφαλή του (o lýkos ki an egérase ki ásprise to mallí tou, míte ti gnómi állaxe, míte tin kefalí tou, literally “Even though the wolf got old and his hair became white, he changed neither his opinion nor his head”) (about old age)
• Hebrew: הֲיַהֲפֹךְ כּוּשִׁי עוֹרוֹ‎ (hayahafóch kúshi 'oró)
• Hungarian: kutyából nem lesz szalonna (hu) (literally “out of a dog there will be no lard”)
• Icelandic: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• Ido: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• Indonesian: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• Irish: briseann an dúchas trí shúile an chait, is treise dúchas ná oiliúint
• Italian: il lupo perde il pelo ma non il vizio (literally “the wolf can lose its fur but not its bad habits”), chi nasce tondo non può morire quadrato
• Japanese: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• Kannada: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• Khmer: ខ្មែរមិនចោលក្បួន យួនមិនចោលពុត (kmae mɨn caol kbuən yuən mɨn caol put)
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• Korean: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• Latin: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• Lithuanian: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• Macedonian: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• Malay:

  Jawi: ججق بوليه دهيلڠکن, بلڠ باݢايمان دهيلڠکن؟‎, روڤا بوليه دأوبه, طبيعة دباوا ماتي‎, ايکتن بوليه دأوبه, تاکوق باݢايمان دأوبه‎, سوکر اونتوق ملوروسکن ايکور انجيڠ‎, ايکور انجيڠ دلوروت, تيدق لوروس جوݢ‎

  Rumi: jejak boleh dihilangkan, belang bagaimana dihilangkan?, rupa boleh diubah, tabiat dibawa mati, ikatan boleh diubah, takuk bagaimana diubah?, sukar untuk meluruskan ekor anjing, ekor anjing dilurut, tidak lurus juga, habis minyak sepasu, ekor anjing diurut tiada lurus

• Maltese: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• Persian: لا تبدیل لخلق الله‎ (lâ tabdila lexalqe-llah) (rare)
• Polish: natura ciągnie wilka do lasu (pl)
• Portuguese: o leopardo não pode mudar suas manchas, pode o etíope mudar a sua pele ou o leopardo as suas manchas?
• Romanian: lupul părul va schimba, dar năravul ba.
• Russian: volk káždый god linя́et, a vsё ser bыváet (ru) (volk káždyj god linjájet, a vsjó ser byvájet, literally “each year the wolf molts its fur, but it continues to be grey”), skólьko vólka ni kormí, on vsё v les smótrit (skólʹko vólka ni kormí, on vsjó v les smótrit, literally “however good you feed the wolf, it still looks onto the forest”), gorbátogo mogíla isprávit (ru) (gorbátovo mogíla isprávit, literally “only the grave can straighten the hunchback”), čёrnogo kobelя́ ne otmóešь dobelá (čórnovo kobeljá ne otmóješʹ dobelá, literally “you can’t wash a black dog to make it white”), zarekálasь lisá kur ne vorovátь (zarekálasʹ lisá kur ne vorovátʹ, literally “the fox promised not to steal chickens”)
• Scottish Gaelic: an car a bha san t-seana mhaide 's duilich a thoirt às (literally “the twist which is in the old stick is difficult to take out”)
• Serbo-Croatian: vuk dlaku mijenja, ali ćud nikada (literally “a wolf sheds his coat, but never his temper”)
• Spanish: genio y figura hasta la sepultura (es), no hay que pedir peras al olmo, la cabra siempre tira al monte (es), quien nace lechón muere cochino
• Swedish: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• Tagalog: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• Tibetan: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• Turkish: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• Ukrainian: Gorbatogo mogila vipravitь (Horbatoho mohyla vypavyt')
• Vietnamese: ngựa quen đường cũ (literally “the horse goes back to the old road”), giang sơn dễ đổi, bản tính khó dời (literally “nature changes, one's nature barely does”)
• Welsh: a newidia y llewpard ei frychni?
• Yiddish: אַ חזיר בלײַבט אַ חזיר‎ (a khazer blaybt a khazer, literally “a pig remains a pig”)