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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at a moment's notice »
Immediately; instantaneously; without need of warning.
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at hand »
Being at the moment the center of attention or the cause of trouble.
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at the moment »
As atm.
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babe magnet »
A person, especially a man, to whom women are attracted.
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baggage »
Heavy baggage; women and children. Also a familiar epithet for a woman; as, cunning baggage, wanton baggage, &c.
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balum rancum »
A hop or dance, where the women are all prostitutes. N. B. The company dance in their birthday suits.
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borganism »
An organization of autonomous organisms that exhibit collectivism: individual "units" that have merged to yield a unified construct. Such an amalgam may possess a collective consciousness, arguably an emergent phenomenon of social networking.
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break a sweat »
January 2008, The Age - Walkovers blaze a trail for women's equal-pay theory.
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crack of dawn »
The first moment of daylight; sunrise.
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cut it fine »
To achieve something at the last possible moment, or with no margin for error.
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date with destiny »
An inevitable future event or encounter, especially one which is likely to be momentous.
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death knell »
A sign or omen foretelling the death or destruction of something.
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drug on the market »
Something which is overabundant at the moment and thus not in demand.
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eureka moment »
The moment of a sudden unexpected discovery.
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