Last Updated：2024/08/03

you can take the monkey out of the jungle, but you can't take the jungle out of the monkey

Source Word

you can take the monkey out of the jungle, but you can't take the jungle out of the monkey

Proverb

ethnic offensive slur

(ethnic slur, offensive) Black people, in the view of racists, behave badly regardless of their whereabouts or socialization.

Japanese Meaning

人種差別的な視点に基づく意味として、黒人はどこにいても、どのような環境にあっても、本質的な行動様式（悪い行動）を変えることができない、という侮蔑的な主張を表す諺です。

Sense（1）

(ethnic slur, offensive) Black people, in the view of racists, behave badly regardless of their whereabouts or socialization.

you can take the monkey out of the jungle

（ canonical ）

but you can't take the jungle out of the monkey

（ canonical ）