رجعت حليمة لعادتها القديمة
“Halima has returned to her old habits.”
Old habits are hard to break — people tend to return to familiar patterns of behavior.
— Traditional Qatar Wisdom, Qatar
Source: Traditional Arabic proverb (Arabian legend), shared Arab world heritage, public-domain oral tradition
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