old habits die hard

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30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بو طبيع ما يوز عن طبعه — established habits are difficult to change
• Bengali: পুরনো অভ্যাস যেতে চায় না (puronō obbhaś jete caẏ na) — established habits are difficult to change
• Chichewa: mfíti siilumpha maliro — established habits are difficult to change
• Chinese Cantonese: 死性不改 (sei2 sing3 bat1 goi2) — established habits are difficult to change
• Czech: zvyk je železná košile — established habits are difficult to change
• Danish: man kan ikke lære en gammel hund nye kunster — established habits are difficult to change
• Finnish: vanhoista tavoista on vaikea luopua — established habits are difficult to change
• French: qui a bu boira — established habits are difficult to change
• French: les vieilles habitudes ont la vie dure — established habits are difficult to change
• French: chassez le naturel, il revient au galop — established habits are difficult to change
• Georgian: ჩვევა რჯულზე უმტკიცესიაო (čveva rǯulze umṭḳicesiao) — established habits are difficult to change
• Greek: πρώτα βγαίνει η ψυχή και μετά το χούι (próta vgaínei i psychí kai metá to choúi) — established habits are difficult to change
• Hungarian: nagy úr a szokás — established habits are difficult to change
• Hungarian: nagy úr a megszokás — established habits are difficult to change
• Hungarian: a régi szokásoktól nehéz szabadulni — established habits are difficult to change
• Hungarian: a régi szokásokat nehéz levetkőzni — established habits are difficult to change
• Icelandic: það er erfitt að kenna gömlum hundi að sitja — established habits are difficult to change
• Italian: il lupo perde il pelo ma non il vizio — established habits are difficult to change
• Kannada: ಹುಟ್ಟು ಗುಣ ಸುಟ್ಟರೂ ಹೋಗೋಲ್ಲ (huṭṭu guṇa suṭṭarū hōgōlla) — established habits are difficult to change
• Korean: 세 살 버릇 여든까지 간다 (se sal beoreut yeodeunkkaji ganda) — established habits are difficult to change
• Malayalam: ചൊട്ടയിലെ ശീലം ചുടലവരെ (coṭṭayile śīlaṁ cuṭalavare) — established habits are difficult to change
• Norwegian Bokmål: gammel vane er vond å vende — established habits are difficult to change
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gammal vane er vond å vende — established habits are difficult to change
• Polish: przyzwyczajenie jest drugą naturą człowieka — established habits are difficult to change
• Portuguese: velhos hábitos nunca morrem — established habits are difficult to change
• Romanian: lupul își schimbă părul, dar năravul ba — established habits are difficult to change
• Russian: от ста́рой привы́чки тру́дно изба́виться (ot stároj privýčki trúdno izbávitʹsja) — established habits are difficult to change
• Sicilian: U lupu perdi u pilu ma no u vizziu — established habits are difficult to change
• Slovak: zvyk je železná košeľa — established habits are difficult to change
• Turkish: can çıkar huy çıkmaz — established habits are difficult to change