- what's bred in the bone will come out in the blood
- ► what's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh (or blood) proverb a person's behaviour or characteristics are determined by their heredity.Main Entry: ↑bone
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what's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh — ► what s bred in the bone will come out in the flesh (or blood) proverb a person s behaviour or characteristics are determined by their heredity. Main Entry: ↑bone … English terms dictionary
what’s bred in the bone will come out in the flesh — Lifelong habits or inherited characteristics cannot be concealed (cf. blood will tell). The form and emphasis of the proverb have been altered in recent years by the omission of a negative. Cf. medieval L. osse radicatum raro de carne recedit,… … Proverbs new dictionary
what's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh — I what s bred in the bone will come out in the flesh (or blood) proverb a person s behavior or characteristics are determined by heredity II what s bred in the bone will come out in the flesh (or blood) see bone … Useful english dictionary
bone — ► NOUN 1) any of the pieces of hard, whitish tissue making up the skeleton in vertebrates. 2) the hard material of which bones consist. 3) a thing resembling a bone, such as a strip of stiffening for an undergarment. ► VERB 1) remove the bones… … English terms dictionary
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