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

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

Example:

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 COBUILD 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.

American English

British English

not able to be changed