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second nature
noun
- an acquired habit or tendency in one's character that is so deeply ingrained as to appear automatic:
Neatness is second nature to him.
second nature
noun
- a habit, characteristic, etc, not innate but so long practised or acquired as to seem so
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of second nature1
Idioms and Phrases
A habit or mode of behavior so long practiced that it seems innate, as in Driving in heavy traffic is second nature to Chris . This expression is a shortened form of an ancient proverb, Custom (or usage ) is a second nature , first recorded in 1390. It alludes to the fact that very frequently repeating something makes it seem completely natural or inborn.Example Sentences
鈥淚t will be second nature, it will be a given that investments around homelessness will always be evaluated against the goals that have been set.鈥
Said Haidl: 鈥淭he ball kind of floated. I had to lay out. I鈥檝e always played outfield my whole life. It鈥檚 second nature.鈥
鈥淚t鈥檚 second nature and God was with me,鈥 she said.
鈥淚t happens every day on a film set, so that kind of thinking is second nature.鈥
"The beginning was definitely not easy with this entire process, but after developing over 800 film rolls these processes come like second nature to us," recalls Fabriccio.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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