Meaning of nature of the beast | Babel Free

Definitions

The unchangeable nature of something.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“In your pasture management program, you need to anticipate that goats will try to chew on just about anything; that's the nature of the beast.”

“You need to roll with the punches; that's just the nature of the beast when you're doing a project like this one.”

“This slight way of treating both his book and his ancestors nettled little Puddock – who never himself took a liberty, and expected similar treatment – but he knew Sturk, the nature of the beast, and he only bowed grandly […]”

“"A little slow, that's all; but that's the nature of the beast."”

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