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nature of the beast

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(that's) the nature of the beast
this is the basic character of something. The place is wild and beautiful and also dangerous – that's the nature of the beast. People make progress but do not reach perfection because imperfection is the nature of the beast.
See also: beast, nature


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After all, though, if that's the nature of the beast, we mustn't be too hard on them for it
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast.
Essays, First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
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