a leopard cannot change its spots

== English == === Alternative forms === a leopard can't change its spots === Etymology === Ultimately from Jeremiah 13:23. === Pronunciation === === Proverb === a leopard cannot change its spots One cannot change one's own nature. ==== Synonyms ==== the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature the fox may grow grey but never good you can take the person out of the place, but you can't take the place out of the person ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== what's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh === References ===