Lingaku- lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom)
- fig. bad habits are hard to change
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- bad habits are hard to change
This idiom implies that certain ingrained behaviors or habits are difficult to alter, akin to how a dog will naturally engage in undesirable behaviors.
He is always late; bad habits are hard to change.
She wants to quit smoking, but bad habits are hard to change.
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gǒu gǎi bù liǎo chī shǐ狗改不了吃屎bad habits are hard to changerén人gǎi改bù le不了chī吃shǐ屎people can't change their bad habitspí qi脾气gǎi改bù le不了chī吃shǐ屎temper can’t be changed easilyxí guàn习惯gǎi改bù le不了chī吃shǐ屎habits are hard to changexìng gé性格gǎi改bù le不了chī吃shǐ屎character flaws are difficult to rectifyyī zhāo yī xī一朝一夕gǎi改bù le不了chī吃shǐ屎one cannot change overnightgǎi biàn改变bù le不了de的shì shí事实unchangeable factsgēn shēn dì gù根深蒂固de的huài坏xí guàn习惯deeply ingrained bad habitsnì shuǐ xíng zhōu逆水行舟，rě若bù不jìn进，biàn便yāo要tuì退moving against the current; if we do not advance, we will fall behind (related in context)