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07:32 Feb 12, 2018 |
Persian (Farsi) to English translations [PRO] Poetry & Literature / نیش عقرب نه از ره کین است | |||||||
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5 | a leopard cannot change its spots/ a tiger cannot change its stripes |
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4 | The scorpion doesn't sting out of hostility |
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a leopard cannot change its spots/ a tiger cannot change its stripes Explanation: قسمتی از داستان عقرب، قورباغه و تو "The Scorpion, the Frog, and You!" Just as a leopard cannot change its spots, the scorpion in the fable cannot help itself from stinging the frog, even if that action leads to its own demise. https://patch.com/virginia/ashburn/ask-dr-mike-scorpion-frog... Also, the tiger cannot change its stripes: One can't change one's essential nature. For example, He's a conservative, no matter what he says; the leopard cannot change its spots. |
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The scorpion doesn't sting out of hostility Explanation: The scorpion doesn't sting out of hostility, it's in the nature of the beast. the nature of the beast: the inherent and unchangeable character of something. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/the_nature_of_the_beast https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/the+nature+of+the+beast |
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