a cat can look at a king »
Alternative form of a cat may look at a king.1982, A J Ayer,
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a leopard cannot change its spots »
One cannot change one's own nature.1597, William Shakespeare, Richard II Act i, Scene 1 (First Folio):King. Lyons make Leopards tame.Mowbray. Yea but not change his ?pots.1611, King James Version of the Bible, Jeremiah 13:23:Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe Chapter 32:End now all unkindness. Let us put the Jew to ransom, since the leopard will not change his spots, and a Jew he will continue to be.1918, Johnston McCulley, Thubway Tham's Inthane Moment:The leopard cannot change his spots, old boy.
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a picture is worth a thousand words »
Alternative form of a picture paints a thousand words.
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a watched kettle never boils »
Alternative form of a watched pot never boils.
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apple does not fall far from the stem »
Alternative form of apple does not fall far from the tree.
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apple does not fall far from the trunk »
Alternative form of apple does not fall far from the tree.
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apple never falls far from the tree »
Alternative form of apple does not fall far from the tree.
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back-assward »
Alternative form of bass-ackwards.
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back-asswards »
Alternative form of bass-ackwards.
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backassward »
Alternative form of bass-ackwards.
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backasswards »
Alternative form of bass-ackwards.
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bale out »
Alternative spelling of bail out.
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barking dogs never bite »
Alternative form of barking dogs seldom bite.
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bass-ackward »
Alternative form of bass-ackwards.
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bass-ackwards »
Alternative form of ass-backwards.
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