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kyllä susi poikansa ulvomaan opettaa

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Finnish

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Proverb

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kyllä susi poikansa ulvomaan opettaa (literally, “the wolf will teach its cubs to howl”)

  1. a parent with some quality (often a bad quality) will impart it on their children too; what's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh