1. Home
2. Idioms
3. Why break the habit of a lifetime?

Why break the habit of a lifetime?

---

---

Why break the habit of a lifetime?

  (British & Australian humorous)

something that you say which means that you do not believe that someone will stop doing something bad that they have done all their lives 'I must stop writing my essays the night before the deadline.' 'Why break the habit of a lifetime?'

See make or break

See also: break, habit, of, why