English Dictionary

you can take the person out of the place, but you can't take the place out of the person

proverb

A person will continue to display the inherent qualities of the place from which they grew up, or spent a significant amount of, in.

意味（1）

A person will continue to display the inherent qualities of the place from which they grew up, or spent a significant amount of, in.

JOHN JENNINGS WATTS. Dr. Snyder says you can take the boy out of the country, but you cannot take the country out of the boy. Watts has disproved this. Watts came from the wilds of Ontario, but now he introduces the latest fads into the class, and was the first man in school to wear collars with transverse striations.