to the manner born

形容词 adj.
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英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Familiar or adapted as if from birth with a specified custom, behavior, accouterment, etc.; naturally suited to it.
    — This [...] involved not only wearing certain clothes as if to the manner born, but being familiar with the gestures and the style of conversation associated with such clothes.

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Coined by William Shakespeare in 1603 in Hamlet, act 1, scene 4:
: But to my mind, though I am native here
: And to the manner born, it is a custom
: More honored in the breach than the observance.
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