单词 | familiarity breeds contempt |
释义 | familiarity breeds contemptfamiliarity breeds contempt KNOW somebodyan expression meaning that if you know someone too well, you find out their faults and respect them less 亲密生嫌隙,亲昵生狎侮;亲不敬,熟生蔑 Examples from the Corpus familiarity 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. → familiarity breeds contempt at familiarity(1) |
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