old habits die hard
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Proverb
[edit]- Established habits are difficult to change.
- 1884, Arthur Reade, Tea and Tea Drinking, London: S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, page 12:
- Old habits die hard. The stronger beverage of English ale had been so long in use that the old folks could not be induced to relinquish it for a foreign herb.
Translations
[edit]established habits are difficult to change
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, →ISBN, p. 259.
- Jennifer Speake, editor (2015), “OLD habits die hard”, in Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, 6th edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 234.