Meanings
proverb
- idiomaticMost things are inherited and predetermined.
Translations
French les chats ne font pas des chiens, les chiens ne font pas des chats
- les chats ne font pas des chiensmost things are inherited and predetermined
- les chiens ne font pas des chatsmost things are inherited and predetermined
German Raben zeugen keine Tauben
- Raben zeugen keine Taubenmost things are inherited and predetermined
Russian оси́на не роди́т апельси́на
- оси́на не роди́т апельси́на (osína ne rodít apelʹsína)most things are inherited and predetermined
Spanish de tal palo, tal astilla
- de tal palo, tal astillamost things are inherited and predetermined
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APA
a wild goose never laid a tame egg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/a%20wild%20goose%20never%20laid%20a%20tame%20egg
MLA
“a wild goose never laid a tame egg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/a%20wild%20goose%20never%20laid%20a%20tame%20egg. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “a wild goose never laid a tame egg,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/a%20wild%20goose%20never%20laid%20a%20tame%20egg.
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