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Familiarity breeds contempt

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Familiarity breeds contempt.
something that you say which means if you know someone very well or experience something a lot, you stop respecting them. You two are going to find it difficult living and working together. Familiarity breeds contempt, you know.
See also: breed


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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.
 
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