| 单词 | familiarity breeds contempt |
| 释义 | familiarity breeds contempt From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfamiliarity breeds contemptfamiliarity breeds contemptKNOW somebodyan expression meaning that if you know someone too well, you find out their faults and respect them less → familiarityExamples from the Corpusfamiliarity breeds contempt• Perhaps familiarity breeds contempt - among teachers as well as children.• The first is that familiarity breeds contempt.• The United States has usually been an exception to the rule that familiarity breeds contempt. |
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