Catholic, whinger, once a ——, always a ——

once a ——, always a ——

proverb A person cannot change their fundamental nature:once a whinger, always a whinger

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• As far as the Catholicism goes, there is a school of thought that says, ‘once a Catholic, always a Catholic’.
• Our position is, once a criminal, always a criminal and we will keep you in jail forever, and if we do let you out, we expect you back in three years anyway.
• I was strictly a drummer, and once a drummer, always a drummer - the way I play is very rhythmic, very percussive.

whinge 

Pronunciation: /wɪn(d)ʒ/ 

British informal

VERB (whinges, whingeing or whinging, whinged)

[NO OBJECT]

Complain persistently and in a peevish or irritating way:stop whingeing and get on with it!(as adjective whingeing) a whingeing killjoy

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NOUN

An act of complaining persistently and peevishly:she let off steam by having a good whinge

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whingeingly

ADVERB

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whinger

Pronunciation: /ˈwɪn(d)ʒə/  

NOUN

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whingy

(also whingey)ADJECTIVE (whingier, whingiest)

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Origin

Late Old English hwinsian, of Germanic origin; related to German winseln; compare with

 whinge  (hwnj, wnj)

intr.v. whinged, whing·ing, whing·es Chiefly British

To complain or protest, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.

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[Dialectal alteration of Middle English whinsen, from Old English hwinsian.]

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whinger n.

whinging·ly adv.