force of habit | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)an act that has been repeated to the point where the performance of the act becomes automatic"Onlyforce of habitwill explain why people today do honor to Christopher Columbus." -New York Times, 19371900May 17,L[yman] Frank Baum,The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.:Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co.,→OCLC:The Tin Woodman lay down on his bed fromforce of habit, for he remembered when he was made of flesh; but not being able to sleep, he passed the night moving his joints up and down to make sure they kept in good working order.

Examples:

EN: 'scuse me, lady - it's just a force of habit!
ES: ¡Disculpe, señora - es la fuerza de la costumbre!
EN: A force of habit.
ES: La fuerza de la costumbre.
EN: Just force of habit.
ES: La fuerza de la costumbre.
EN: No, it's just a force of habit, Dolly.
ES: No, es sólo la fuerza del hábito, Dolly.
EN: - Oh, it's just force of habit.
ES: Oh, solo la fuerza de la costumbre.
EN: If I fight from sheer force of habit?
ES: ¿Si lucho por la pura fuerza de hábito?
EN: Sorry, boys, force of habit.
ES: Lo siento, chicos, la fuerza de la costumbre.
EN: I don't know if it's love or force of habit, but if you leave me, I'll be very unhappy, and I don't want to be.
ES: No sé si será amor o pura costumbre, pero si usted me dejara, sería muy infeliz y no quiero serlo.
EN: It's just force of habit.
ES: Es el hábito.
EN: If I did you'd probably follow me there from force of habit.
ES: Probablemente me seguirías ahí, como es tu costumbre.
EN: Oh...force of habit.
ES: La costumbre.
EN: In a few years, when I have forgotten you, and other adventures like this one will happen to me from sheer force of habit,
ES: Dentro de unos años, cuando te haya olvidado, y que otras historias como esta por la fuerza de la costumbre todavía ocurran,
EN: She had a force of habit, I suppose.
ES: Será la costumbre, me imagino.
EN: - Sorry, force of habit.
ES: - Lo siento, es la costumbre.
EN: I'm not talking about the clock but about the force of habit
ES: No estoy hablando del reloj, sino de costumbres.

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