Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is a leopard never changes its spots and it is a phrase meaning “you cannot change your own nature/character, basic characteristics/habits & etc.; it means you are born as you are born and no amount of effort can change that”.
Example Sentence: Nuclear suppliers were furious at the idea that they might have to pay for accidents in India. To appease these companies, the UPA government made farcical attempts to dilute the right of recourse, both during and after the parliamentary debates on the law. This led the Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley to write that a “leopard never changes its spots.” However, after assuming power, the National Democratic Alliance government has pursued precisely the same policy of prioritising nuclear corporations over potential victims.
This phrase is present in Nuclear energy — dangerous concessions on liability and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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