中英成語俚語800對171：故態(tài)復萌

　　故態(tài)復萌

　　Return to one' s old habit.

　　Back in the old rut.

　　At one's little games again.

　　Return to one' vomit.

　　He that has done ill once will do it again.

　　Fall from grace.

　　eg：The thief was out from the jail but returned to his old habit to steal in the market.

　　中英俚語俗語來源：后漢書："帝曰，狂奴故態(tài)也。"

　　同義詞：賊性難改 Once a knave and ever a knave.

　　反義詞：改過自新 Turn over a new leaf.