We’ve all heard them: “A rose by any other name is still a rose.” “Put lipstick on a pig, and it’s still a pig.” “If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck.”
The first saying illustrates that altering the name of something can influence how you feel or think about it, but it doesn't change the actual nature of that thing. The second saying indicates that adding aesthetic elements to something does not alter its fundamental reality. The third saying is known as “The Duck Test.” This idiomatic expression conveys a straightforward idea: if something behaves like a specific entity, it is likely that it truly is what it seems to be.
