in one's blood
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Perhaps then, being an author is just in one's blood.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2022
And one knows it all in one's blood, it is pure, sun-dried memory.
From Twilight in Italy by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
For, if this poison be simply smothered in one's blood instead of being wholly eradicated and cured, it will be sure to seize upon the offspring and either destroy them before birth or during dentition.
From Plain Talks on Avoided Subjects by Guernsey, Henry Newell
It was I who built up for her the dream pictures of England—the England of my childhood—the London which, once it is in one's blood, is there forever.
From I Walked in Arden by Crawford, Jack
When one has got the passion for the chase in one's blood, one cannot bide for long in a stuffy office.
From The Lost Naval Papers by Copplestone, Bennet
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