故态复萌
return to one' s old habit.
back in the old rut.
at one's little games again.
return to one' vomit.
he that has done ill once will do it again.
fall from grace.
eg:the thief was out from the jail but returned to his old habit to steal in the market.
中英俚语俗语来源:后汉书:"帝曰,狂奴故态也。"
同义词:贼性难改 once a knave and ever a knave.
反义词:改过自新 turn over a new leaf.