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you can take the monkey out of the jungle, but you can't take the jungle out of the monkey

proverb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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proverb

Meaning 1

Black people, in the view of racists, behave badly regardless of their whereabouts or socialization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ethnic, offensive, slur

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