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you can take the monkey out of the jungle, but you can't take the jungle out of the monkey

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables
you -can -take the -mon-key out of the jun-gle, but y-ou -can't -take the jun-gle out of the -mon-key
IPA
142
Scrabble Score
70
Letters
12
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Black people, in the view of racists, behave badly regardless of their whereabouts or socialization.

Offensive

Usage

Phrases

you can take X out of Y, but you can't take Y out of X

Frequently Paired Words

you can take X out of Y, but you can't take Y out of X

Questions

What does you can take the monkey out of the jungle, but you can't take the jungle out of the monkey mean?
Black people, in the view of racists, behave badly regardless of their whereabouts or socialization.

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