spots イディオム

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hit the high spots

consider or mention only the more important parts of something He only had time to hit the high spots in his report but still it was very interesting.

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A leopard cannot change its spots.

It is not possible for a bad or unpleasant person to become good or pleasant.

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Leopard can't change its spots

This idiom means that people cannot change basic aspects of their character, especially negative ones. ("A leopard doesn't change its spots" is also used.)

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A Leopard Can't Change His Spots

You cannot change who you are.

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The leopard cannot change its spots.

A person's character, especially bad nature, will always remain the same.

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hit the high spots|high spots|hit|spot|spots

v. phr. To consider, mention, or see only the more important parts of something such as a book, war, or school course. In his lecture, the speaker hit the high spots of his subject. The first course in general science hits only the high spots of the physical sciences. The Bakers went to the fair for one day, and only hit the high spots.

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leopard cannot change its spots, a

leopard cannot change its spots, a
Also, the tiger cannot change its stripes. One can't change one's essential nature. For example, He's a conservative, no matter what he says; the leopard cannot change its spots. These metaphoric expressions both originated in an ancient Greek proverb that appears in the Bible (Jeremiah 13:23): “Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?” It was first recorded in English in 1546.