Familiarity breeds contempt

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Familiarity breeds contempt.

Prov. People do not respect someone they know well enough to know his or her faults. The movie star doesn't let anyone get to know him, because he knows that familiarity breeds contempt.

See also: breed, contempt

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As they by no means improved on better acquaintance, and as familiarity breeds contempt, he resolved to banish them from his thoughts by dint of hard walking. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context			fall over fall over backwards fall over oneself fall overboard fall prey to fall short fall short of fall short of goal fall through fall through the cracks fall through the floor fall to fall to pieces fall toward fall under fall under spell fall within fallen falls on deaf ears false false move falter in fame familiar familiar with Familiarity breeds contempt familiarize with family family that prays together stays together famous last words fan fan of fan out fan the breeze fan the flames fancy fancy as fancy chances fancy footwork Fancy meeting you here! Fancy that! fancy-pants fanny far far and away the best far and wide far be it from me far be it from me to far cry from far from far from it			familiar discourse familiar object familiar spirit familiar spirit familiar spirit familiar spirit Familiar Spirits Familiar Spirits Familiar Spirits Familiar Spirits familiar through use familiar way familiar with Familiares y Amigos en Contra de la Delincuencia y el Secuestro familiaris familiarisation familiarisation familiarise familiarise familiarised familiarised familiarises familiarises familiarising familiarising familiarities familiarities familiarity familiarity familiarity Familiarity breeds contempt familiarization familiarization familiarization Familiarization Exercise Familiarization Fire Familiarization Flight Familiarization Job Training familiarize familiarize familiarize familiarize oneself familiarize with familiarize with familiarized familiarized familiarizer familiarizer familiarizes familiarizes familiarizing familiarizing familiarly familiarly familiarly familiarly familiarly Familiarness Familiars Familiars Familiars

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