it's hard to teach an old dog new tricks Idioma
bag of tricks
how's tricks
teach you the tricks of the trade
the tricks of the trade
tricks of the trade
you can't teach an old dog new tricks
play jokes/tricks on
Mark Twain liked very much to tell funny stories and he also liked to play jokes on his friends．马克·吐温很喜欢讲有趣的故事，他也喜欢开朋友的玩笑。
Though he knew they were playing tricks on him， he pretended not to notice it．他心里明白他们是在捉弄他，但他佯装不知。
play tricks on
Mark Twain liked very much to tell funny stories and he also liked to play jokes on his friends．马克·吐温很喜欢讲有趣的故事，他也喜欢开朋友的玩笑。
Though he knew they were playing tricks on him， he pretended not to notice it．他心里明白他们是在捉弄他，但他佯装不知。
play tricks
Idiom(s): play tricks (on sb)Theme: DECEPTION
to trick or confuse someone.
• I thought I saw a camel over there. I guess my eyes are playing tricks on me.
• Please don't play tricks on your little brother. It makes him cry.
know all the tricks of the trade
Idiom(s): know (all) the tricks of the tradeTheme: SKILL
to possess the skills and knowledge necessary to do something.
• Tom can repair car engines. He knows the tricks of the trade.
• If I knew all the tricks of the trade, I could be a better plumber.
it's adamantine to advise an old dog new tricks
It is awfully difficult to advise some new accomplishment or behavior to someone, abnormally an earlier person, who is already durably set in their ways. It's abundant that you appetite to advise your grandpa how to use a computer, but aloof be acquainted that it's adamantine to advise an old dog new tricks.Learn more: dog, hard, new, old, teach, to, trickteach an old dog new tricks, one can't/it's adamantine to
The aged cannot or will not change their ways. This adage dates from the sixteenth century, at aboriginal actualization with a accurate acceptation in a book of Husbandry (1523) and again in John Heywood’s 1546 adage collection. It is still current.Learn more: dog, hard, new, old, one, teach, toDictionary
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