nature of the beast

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic,with "the")Theunchangeablenatureof something.1863, Sheridan Le Fanu,The House by the Churchyard: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, thenature of the beast, and he only bowed grandly[…]1884, Frank de Yeaux Carpenter,Round About Rio:"A little slow, that's all; but that's thenature of the beast."

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