Idioms · 2 entries

Habit

What does "Habit" mean?

You cannot change your innate self.

Biblical.

Entry 1

Meaning You cannot change your innate self.

Usage Widespread but rather formal form of expression. Not widely used by the young.

Example

He was a bully at school and he’s a bully now - a leopard can’t change its spots.

Pronunciation

Entry 2

Meaning Unwilling to change from your habitual way of doing things.

Example

A glass of sherry at six every evening for the past thirty years. Grandma is really fixed in her ways.

Pronunciation