Idiom
breed in the bone
Meaning
To establish or ingrain firmly within someone's nature.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“His love for music is bred in the bone.”
“She comes from a family of sailors, so a love for the ocean is bred in the bone.”
“The stubborn pride of his ancestors was bred in the bone, making it impossible for him to admit he was wrong.”
Examples
simple
“His love for music is bred in the bone.”
contextual
“She comes from a family of sailors, so a love for the ocean is bred in the bone.”
complex
“The stubborn pride of his ancestors was bred in the bone, making it impossible for him to admit he was wrong.”
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