old habits die hard

[ ohld-hab-its dahy-hahrd ]

idiom
  1. (used when someone is finding it difficult to change a long-standing pattern of behavior): I still have to consciously work on slowing down when I eat—old habits die hard.

Origin of old habits die hard

1
First recorded in 1870–75

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