英语词汇can’t teach an old dog new tricks的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	can’t teach an old dog new tricks
词源	can’t teach an old dog new tricks. A mid-16th-century En- glish proverb still frequently used to describe a person, usually an old person, who can’t adapt to new ways. However, as many old vaudeville acts attested, dogs can actually be taught to do many tricks, both old dogs and young dogs.
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