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nature of the beast en · NOUN

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) The unchangeable nature of something.
   • 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 […] 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
   • "A little slow, that's all; but that's the nature of the beast." 1884, Frank de Yeaux Carpenter, Round About Rio:
   • 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.

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Relateds

human nature · beastly · mark of the beast · red in tooth and claw · different beast · law of nature · natural law · different animal

Translations (5)

fi kuulua luontoon (unchangeable nature) · fr ordre des choses (unchangeable nature) · nl aard van het beestje (unchangeable nature) · pl natura sprawy (unchangeable nature) · fi todellinen luonne (unidiomatic) (unchangeable nature)