Definition
The unchangeable nature of something.
In Context
- "In your pasture management program, you need to anticipate that goats will try to chew on just about anything; that's the nature of the beast."
- "You need to roll with the punches; that's just the nature of the beast when you're doing a project like this one."
- "This slight way of treating both his book and his ancestors nettled little Puddock – who never himself took a liberty, and expected similar treatment – but he knew Sturk, the nature of the beast, and he only bowed grandly […]"
- ""A little slow, that's all; but that's the nature of the beast.""
See Also
- beastly
- human nature
- law of nature
- mark of the beast
- natural law
- different animal
- different beast
- red in tooth and claw