English / proverb
As a Dog Returns to His Vomit, so a Fool Repeats His Folly
MEANING IN ENGLISH
An unthinking, foolish person persistently relapses into the very same irrational errors and harmful behaviors.
In context
01
After squandering his money on pyramid schemes again, his relatives remarked that as a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
02
Ignoring every compliance audit, the director made the identical blunder, proving that as a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
Synonyms
repeating foolish errors,incorrigible blunderer,chronic relapser
Antonyms
learning from mistakes,prudent course correction,wise restraint
Collocations
scriptural proverb as a dog returns to his vomit so a fool repeats his folly,proves as a dog returns to his vomit so a fool repeats his folly,reminder that as a dog returns to his vomit so a fool repeats his folly