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1 leopard
n1) зоол. леопард2) хутро (шкура) леопарда3) золота монета з геральдичним левом (Едуарда III)can the leopard change his spots? — чи може людина змінити свою природу?; присл. горбатого могила виправить
leopard cat — дикий кіт; оцелот
* * *n1) зooл. леопард, барсsnow leopard — ірбіс, сніжний барс; хутро або шкіра леопарда
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2 leopard
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3 the leopard cannot change his spots
syn: the wolf may change his coat but not his dispositionthrow nature out of the door, it will come back again through the window≅ гадюка вмирає, а зілля хватає природу тяжко одмінити хоч вовк линяє, та норов не міняє горбатого могила виправить горбатого до стіни не приставиш криве дерево не дужо випрямитись з чорної кішки білої не зробиш хто родився вовком, тому лисицею не бути який удався, такий й згинеш яке в колиску, таке в могилку you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear nature will have its course throw nature out of the door, it will come back again through the windowEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > the leopard cannot change his spots
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4 throw nature out of the door, it will come back again through the window
var: you can drive out Nature with a pitch-fark, but it keeps coming backthough you cast out nature with a fork, it will still returnsyn: what is bred in the bone will come out in the fleshзаступи природу дверима, то вона тобі вікном the leopard cannot change his spotsEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > throw nature out of the door, it will come back again through the window
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5 _сутність і видимість
all is not gold that glitters be what you would seem to be fine words dress ill deeds the leopard cannot change his spots the man who is born in a stable is not a horse nature will have its course no hog ever grunted the ring out of its nose once a priest always a priest a pig in the parlor is still a pig the pretty shoe often pinches the foot there is nothing peachier than a peach throw nature out of the door, it will come back again through the window you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's earEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _сутність і видимість
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6 nature will have its course
syn: what is bred in the bone will come out in the fleshприроду тяжко одмінитиEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > nature will have its course
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7 the wolf may change his coat but not his disposition
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > the wolf may change his coat but not his disposition
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8 what is bred in the bone will come out in the flesh
you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear the leopard cannot change his spots nature will have its course throw nature out of the door, it will come back again through the windowEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > what is bred in the bone will come out in the flesh
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9 wolves may lose their teeth but they never lose their nature
the leopard cannot change his spots throw nature out of the door, it will come back again through the windowEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > wolves may lose their teeth but they never lose their nature
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10 you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
syn: what is bred in the bone will come out in the flesh≅ з нічого нічого не зробиш барвінок на вінок, а полин на віник і з великого віслюка не буде слона віслюк від стусанів конем не станеEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
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