Hi all,
Does anyone know a French equivalent to this expression: You can take the girl out of the trailer park, but you can't take the trailer park out of the girl.
It means that even if you take someone out of their context (usually to a "higher" social position), certain qualities will always remain in them.
I hesitate to use a word-for-word translation such as
On peut enlever la fille de la banlieue [qui me semble l'equivalent culturel de trailer park] mais on ne peut pas enlever la banlieue de la fille.
Thanks!
Does anyone know a French equivalent to this expression: You can take the girl out of the trailer park, but you can't take the trailer park out of the girl.
It means that even if you take someone out of their context (usually to a "higher" social position), certain qualities will always remain in them.
I hesitate to use a word-for-word translation such as
On peut enlever la fille de la banlieue [qui me semble l'equivalent culturel de trailer park] mais on ne peut pas enlever la banlieue de la fille.
Thanks!