Черное от стирки не белеет

Cf: Bad is the wool that cannot be dyed (Am.). It is a bad cloth that will take no colo(u)r (Am., Br.). It's ill wool that will take no dye (Br.)

• Черное от стирки не белеет (Ч)

• Bad is the wool that cannot be dyed - Черного кобеля не отмоешь добела (4), Черное от стирки не белеет (4)

• Great cry but little wool - Дым столбом, а огня не видно (Д)

• It's ill wool that will take no dye - Черное от стирки не белеет (4)

• No wool is so white that a dyer cannot blacken it - Змею обойдешь, а от клеветы не уйдешь (3)

• No wool is so white that the dye can't make it black - Змею обойдешь, а от клеветы не уйдешь (3)

• You go to a goat (an ass) for wool - Голой овцы не стригут (Г)

• Best cloth may have a moth in it (The) - И на жемчуге бывает царапина (И)

• It is a bad cloth that will take no colo(u)r - Черное от стирки не белеет (4)

Cf: Can the Ethiopian change his colour (his skin)? (Br.). Can the leopard change his spots? (Br.). A (The) leopard cannot (does not) change his spots (Am., Br.). What is bred in the bone will not /come/ out of the flesh (Am., Br.). What's in the bone is in the marrow (Am.). You can never scare a dog from a greasy hide (Br.). You cannot make a crab walk straight (Br.). You can't take the grunt out of a pig (Am.)