old habits/traditions/customs die hardCHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENTused to say that it takes a long time to change to a new way of doing something 旧的习惯/传统/习俗很难改变old habits/traditions/customs die hard• It was probably unnecessary, she thought, but old habits died hard.• Things were going well, but old habits die hard.• This is an area where old customs die hard.• But old habits die hard, and Apple has shown a proclivity to chase market share while hand-wringing over shrinking gross margins.• Perhaps because it's an island old customs die hard here.
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