English Explanatory Dictionary

what's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. One's behavior or characteristics are determined by one's heredity.

Word forms

what's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh

Related words

a leopard cannot change its spots the apple does not fall far from the tree
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