A leopard can't change its spots

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A leopard can't/doesn't change its spots.

something that you say which means that a person's character, especially if it is bad, will not change, even if they pretend it has I doubt very much that marriage will change Chris for the better. A leopard doesn't change its spots.

See also: change, leopard, spot

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