a leopard can't/doesn't change its spots

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a leopard can't/doesn't change its spots [idiom]

something you say that means a person's character, especially if it is bad, will not change, even if they pretend it does

ز ناپاکزاده مدارید امید          که زنگی به شستن نگردد سپید

مثال: 

She promised me that she would never tell any other lies and I trusted her, which was a complete fiasco. After all, a leopard cannot change its spots.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

a leopard can’t change its spot

sused to say that people cannot change their character

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

leopard cannot change its spots

a leopard cannot change its ˈspots idiom

(saying) people cannot change their character, especially if they have a bad character

• You didn't really expect her to be on time, did you? A leopard can't change its spots. 

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

a leopard can't / doesn't change its spots saying

something you say that means a person's character, especially if it is bad, will not change, even if they pretend it does

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

a leopard cannot change its spots

phrase [VERB inflects]

If you say that a leopard cannot change its spots, you mean that people or things are not able to change their basic characteristics, especially when you are critical of those characteristics.