the 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 More results

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