creature of habit
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3.9
- noun
- Formal
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persona de hábitos
- As a creature of habit, she always takes the same route to work every morning.
And, and how do we, and we're creatures of habit.
- And, and how do we, and we're creatures of habit.
Examples
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Jack, you're such a creature of habit.
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Most of us are creatures of habit, don't you agree?
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We're all just creatures of habit.
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My director is a creature of habit.
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People are creatures of habit.
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Call me a creature of habit.
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We are all creatures of habit.
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My problem is that I am a creature of habit and work well within structure.
Blog text (17) -
Humans are creatures of habit, and a very large percentage of us do not like change.
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I'm a creature of habit, aren't I?
Synonyms
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7.2
Not willing to change habits or the way they do things
Antonyms
How Habitual
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built: 'creature' used metaphorically for a person and 'of habit' marks being characterized by habits, so a learner who knows both words can infer a person who follows routines. The syntactic pattern 'X of Y' meaning 'a person characterized by Y' is common cross-linguistically, making the expression readily predictable to B1 learners.
Etymology
The phrase creature of habit comes from the simple image of an animal that always does the same things: a creature with a repeated habit. That picture explains why we call a person who 'follows the same routine' or 'resists change' a creature of habit.