old habits die hard

== English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === === Proverb === old habits die hard Established habits are difficult to change. ==== Translations ==== === See also === Einstellung you can't teach an old dog new tricks === References === Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, →ISBN, p. 259. Jennifer Speake, editor (2015), “OLD habits die hard”, in Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, 6th edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 234.