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Old habits die hard.

Submitted by Ramesh Mehta on 2018-11-10

Idiomatic translations of "Old habits die hard."

Arabic
من شبّ على شيء شاب عليه
Arabic
ديل الكلب عمره ما ينعدل
Arabic (other varieties)
غلبت أعالج فيك والطبع فيك غالب، وديل الكلب ما ينعدل ولو اتحط له قالب
Bulgarian
Вълкът козината си мени, но нрава - не
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Croatian
Vuk dlaku mijenja, ali ćud nikada
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English
Always has (been), always will (be)
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English
A leopard cannot change its spots
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English
a leopard can't change/hide/shed/alter/shake...off its spots
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English
Once a thief, always a thief.
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French
Chassez le naturel, il revient au galop
French
Qui a bu boira
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French
les vieilles habitudes ont la vie dure.
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English, French #1, #2, Hindi
French
On ne change pas les rayures du zèbre.
Galician
Colle boa fama e déitate a durmir
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German
Ein Leopard kann seine Flecken nicht ändern / Er kann nicht aus seiner Haut
Greek
ο λύκος αρνί δε γίνεται
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Hindi
नीम न मीठा होए चाहे सींचो गुड़ घी से, जाको जौन स्वभाव मिटे नहिं जी से
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Hindi
बन्दर कभी गुलाटी मारना नहीं भूलता
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Hindi
नीच न छोड़े निचाई, नीम न छोड़े तिताई
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Hindi
कुत्ते की पूँछ टेढ़ी की टेढ़ी।
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Hindi
कुत्ते की दूम कभी सीधी नही होती
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Hindi
चोर चोरी से जाए हेरा फेरी से न जाए
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Italian
Chi nasce rotondo, non può morire quadrato
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Latin
Consuetudinis magna vis est
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Latin
Assueta relinquere durum
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Portuguese
O que se aprende no berço sempre dura
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Russian
Горбатого могила исправит
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Serbian
Леопард не може променити своје шаре
Serbian
vuk dlaku menja, ali cud nikako
Sicilian
Cu nasci tunnu 'un po moriri quatratu
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Spanish
Crea fema y échate a dormir
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Spanish
Genio y figura hasta la sepultura
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Croatian #1, #2, Spanish #1, #2, #3
Spanish
Un leopardo no puede cambiar sus manchas
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Spanish
Árbol que nace torcido, jamás su rama endereza
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Turkish
huylu huyundan vazgeçmez
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Turkish
Can Çıkar Huy Çıkmaz
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Meanings of "Old habits die hard."

Croatian

Teško je ostaviti stare navike - Teško je osobi promijeniti ono što je radila dugo vremena.

Explained by MaryanchyMaryanchy on Thu, 10/01/2019 - 09:46
Explained by MaryanchyMaryanchy
English

It's very difficult to stop doing things which you have been doing for a long time.

Explained by Ramesh MehtaRamesh Mehta on Sat, 10/11/2018 - 16:17
Explained by Ramesh MehtaRamesh Mehta
Hindi

पुरानी आदतें जल्दी नहीं छूटतीं

Explained by Ramesh MehtaRamesh Mehta on Sat, 10/11/2018 - 16:41
Explained by Ramesh MehtaRamesh Mehta

"Old habits die hard." in lyrics

Becky G - Dollar

And your promises don't catch my attention
You say the same thing to any girl that crosses you
A tree that is born bent never straightens1
You can't have me (No, no),

  • 1. This is basically saying "old habits die hard."

Mick Jagger - Old Habits Die Hard

Old habits die hard
And old soldiers just fade away
Old habits die hard
Hard enough to feel the pain

Allie X - Old Habits Die Hard

One more time will it fade away
Too far gone to come back today
Old habits die hard
One more time will it fade away

I Prevail - Doomed

And lately I've been going my own way (Going my own way)
I guess these old habits die hard (Habits die hard)
And lately I've been missing my old ways (Missing my old ways)

Clara Mae - Missing You Sucks

I try not to fall back

I guess old habits die hard
'Cause I'm right back at the start

Polaris (Australia) - The Remedy

Like a curse

Running circles, old habits die hard (running circles)
Each lesson learned never seemed to get too far (never seemed to get too far)

Roberto Livi - I Knock on Wood

Don't lie, don't fool me,
Old habits die hard,
I know that.

Quiet Riot - Old Habits Die Hard

And I see what love has done
Let me tell you my thoughts and my visions
Old Habits, Old Habits Die Hard

Hinder - By the way

(What did I do to make a scene so gory?)
(I'm no better than the ones before me)
Old habits die hard
I always end up hating the end

Chris Cornell - Other Side Of Town

I wanted to tell her but I just didn't know how
And every time I'd spoke, the words just wouldn't come out
Everyone will tell you that old habits die hard
And it's just the same for me

Silverstein - Worlds Apart

you know I'm running out of legs to stand on
I won't believe you when you tell me:
These old habits die so hard,
there's no intervention in sight.

Dusty Springfield - Old habits die hard

Give it up
That's the way it starts
Discover old habits die hard

Tinashe - Dreams Are Real

You fall under
Today's a better day
Old habits die hard, but we'll find another
way

Unknown Artist (Croatian) - Who's That There Studying?

I'm slacker since the day of birth,
Old habits die hard.
My favourite is lying down,

NOFX - 60%

I'm not here to amuse you
I'm here to abuse my body
I'm here because old habits die hard

Oliver Koletzki - These Habits

I know that I would do it again

I guess you already know that old habits die hard
But I keep telling you though

DevilDriver - Sin & Sacrifice

Toss and turn, candles burn
Grinding teeth at night endlessly
Old habits die hard and I've lived so fast
And I know it's a long way down

Ron Pope - Habits

Maybe we broke some hearts and wasted some daylight.
We probably should know better by now,
but old habits die hard - we're still walking around.

You Me at Six - Finders Keepers

Finders keepers will you keep me in mind
I like secrets cause they keep me in line
Old habits die hard, but I am too young to die

Jon Butcher - I'm Only Dreaming

And sometimes I fear
That these old habits die hard
I see the crowded rooms