Blood will tell.

Blood will tell.
Blood will tell.
Prov. A person whose ancestors had certain characteristics, often bad ones, will eventually turn out to be similar. •

Lisa's father was a gambler, and now Lisa has started to gamble, too. Blood will tell.

William went to all the best schools, but he's just as vulgar as the rest of his family. Blood will tell.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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