See you can't teach an old dog new tricks on Wiktionary
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"note": "παλιός γάιδαρος καινούρια περπατησιά δε μαθαίνει (paliós gáidaros kainoúria perpatisiá de mathaínei, literally “the old donkey cannot learn a new walk”)",
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"sense": "too old to change",
"word": "það er erfitt að kenna gömlum hundi að sitja"
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"sense": "too old to change",
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"sense": "too old to change",
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"sense": "too old to change",
"word": "senex psittacus negligit ferulam"
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"sense": "too old to change",
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"sense": "too old to change",
"word": "przyzwyczajenie jest drugą naturą człowieka"
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"sense": "too old to change",
"word": "czego Jaś się nie nauczy, tego Jan nie będzie umiał"
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"sense": "too old to change",
"word": "papagaio velho não aprende a falar"
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"note": "горба́того моги́ла испра́вит (gorbátovo mogíla isprávit, literally “a hunchback will be corrected by the grave”)",
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"roman": "stárovo psa nóvym štúkam ne naúčišʹ",
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"roman": "kukkatōka vaṅkara tīyalēmu",
"sense": "too old to change",
"word": "కుక్కతోక వంకర తీయలేము"
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"roman": "máai òn dàt ngâai, máai gàe dàt yâak",
"sense": "too old to change",
"word": "ไม้อ่อนดัดง่าย ไม้แก่ดัดยาก"
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