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if you fly with the crows, you get shot with the crows

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English

Syllables
if y-ou fly- with- the crows, y-ou get shot with- the crows
IPA
89
Scrabble Score
42
Letters
6
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Somebody who spends time with undesirable people will be regarded as one of them.

Phrases

a man is known by the company he keeps if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl

Frequently Paired Words

a man is known by the company he keeps if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl

Questions

What does if you fly with the crows, you get shot with the crows mean?
Somebody who spends time with undesirable people will be regarded as one of them.

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