"man kan ikke lære en gammel hund nye kunster" meaning in Danish

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      "expansion": "man kan ikke lære en gammel hund nye kunster",
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      "expansion": "man kan ikke lære en gammel hund nye kunster",
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          "ref": "2017, Inge Fischer Sørensen, Bundfald, Lindhardt og Ringhof",
          "text": "»At man ikke kan lære en gammel hund nye kunster.\n»That one cannot teach an old dog new tricks.",
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          "english": "Someone might protest that one cannot teach an old dog new tricks.",
          "ref": "2004, Kosmorama",
          "text": "Nogen vil måske indvende, at man ikke kan lære en gammel hund nye kunster.",
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          "english": "I am sorry, Viveca, I am an old dog which it is probably too late to teach new tricks.",
          "ref": "2016, Poul Ørum, Af hjertens grund, Lindhardt og Ringhof",
          "text": "Desværre, Viveca, jeg er en gammel hund, det nok er for sent at lære nye kunster.",
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          "english": "Not that he had any intentions of pacifying him, one can, after all, not teach an old dog new tricks, but maybe some fun could come out of putting these three humans together.",
          "ref": "1964, Arne Hartmann, Alle skibets maend",
          "text": "Ikke fordi han havde ideer om at pacificere ham, man kan jo ikke lære en gammel hund nye kunster, men der kunne måske komme et eller andet sjov ud af at sætte disse tre mennesker sammen.",
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          "english": "Someone might protest that one cannot teach an old dog new tricks.",
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          "text": "Ikke fordi han havde ideer om at pacificere ham, man kan jo ikke lære en gammel hund nye kunster, men der kunne måske komme et eller andet sjov ud af at sætte disse tre mennesker sammen.",
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