
ProverbWisdom
Latin originc. 1290
What's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh
Meaning: Inborn character traits and inherited nature inevitably reveal themselves outwardly, no matter how concealed.
Origin: An old proverb that inborn character cannot be hidden forever. It was recorded in Latin in England around 1290, and Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1470) has Launcelot say that it is hard to take out of the flesh what is bred in the bone.
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Compliments and insults from around the world, from the sweet to the savage.
- Du bist nicht die hellste Kerze auf der Torte You're a little dim — not the smartest in the room.
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- Без царя в голове (Bez tsarya v golove) Foolish and reckless — with no one in charge upstairs.
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