Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
كل إناء بما فيه ينضح
English translation:
What's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh/blood
Added to glossary by
Saleh Dardeer
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2013-11-25 23:55:03 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Nov 22, 2013 12:03
10 yrs ago
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Arabic term
Egypt
Arabic Translation & L10n Professional
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
كل إناء ينضح بما فيه
Arabic to English
Other
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
proverbs
ترجمة المثل
كل إناء ينضح بما فيه
كل إناء ينضح بما فيه
Proposed translations
(English)
Change log
Nov 26, 2013 05:28: Saleh Dardeer changed "Field (specific)" from "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
Nov 26, 2013 05:28: Saleh Dardeer Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+6
40 mins
Saleh Dardeer
Native in Arabic
Works in field
High quality comes first!
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, Arabic, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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59
Selected
What's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh/blood
HTH
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Note added at 42 mins (2013-11-22 12:46:05 GMT)
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Lifelong habits or inherited characteristics cannot be concealed (a similar idea is conveyed by blood of Chancery). The saying is recorded from the late 15th century, and in earlier usage often contained a negative (as in John Heywood's Dialogue of Proverbs (1546), ‘It will not out of the fleshe, that's bred in the bone’, which altered the form and emphasis.
http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.201...
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Note added at 42 mins (2013-11-22 12:46:05 GMT)
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Lifelong habits or inherited characteristics cannot be concealed (a similar idea is conveyed by blood of Chancery). The saying is recorded from the late 15th century, and in earlier usage often contained a negative (as in John Heywood's Dialogue of Proverbs (1546), ‘It will not out of the fleshe, that's bred in the bone’, which altered the form and emphasis.
http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.201...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+2
2 mins
hassan zekry
Native in Arabic
experience, professionalism and accuracy
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
Related KudoZ points
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21
A vessel filters what it contains
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Peer comment(s):
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Hasna Chakir
6 mins
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| agree |
Doaa Alnajjar
8 mins
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| neutral |
Saleh Dardeer
: I cannot find any English source for this expression; rather, I found it in many Arabic websites giving mostly literal translations of some Arabic proverbs
52 mins
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10 mins
Sami Khamou
Native in Arabic
Accurate service & fast delivery
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
Related KudoZ points
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12
Every container oozes its contents
Every container oozes its contents
or
Every container leeks its content
or
Every container leeks its content
+2
1 hr
Lamis Maalouf
United States
United States
Native in Arabic
United States
D.D.S, Education plus experience
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic
Related KudoZ points
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24
What is bred in the bone will come out in the flesh
http://www.wata.cc/forums/showthread.php?11549-مقابل-كل-اناء...
http://www.answers.com/topic/what-s-bred-in-the-bone-will-co...
Lifelong habits or inherited characteristics cannot be concealed.
http://www.answers.com/topic/what-s-bred-in-the-bone-will-co...
Lifelong habits or inherited characteristics cannot be concealed.
Peer comment(s):
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Shereen Whiten, BA.
2 hrs
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Thanks, Shereen.
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Houda Nashawi
8 hrs
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Thanks Houda. This one belongs to Saleh though since he posted first :) Glad you agreed with him as I did too.
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