Meanings
- idiomaticThe 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.
3 more examples
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.
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
Translations
Dutch aard van het beestje
- aard van het beestjeunchangeable nature
Finnish kuulua luontoon, todellinen luonne (unidiomatic)
- kuulua luontoonunchangeable nature
- todellinen luonne (unidiomatic)unchangeable nature
French ordre des choses
- ordre des chosesunchangeable nature
Polish natura sprawy
- natura sprawyunchangeable nature
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nature of the beast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nature%20of%20the%20beast
“nature of the beast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nature%20of%20the%20beast. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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