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if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables
if y-ou lie -down with- -dogs, y-ou get up with- fleas
IPA
70
Scrabble Score
37
Letters
7
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Spending time with undesirable individuals will cause one to acquire their undesirable traits.

Phrases

if you fly with the crows, you get shot with the crows one bad apple can spoil the barrel water seeks its own level who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl

Frequently Paired Words

if you fly with the crows, you get shot with the crows one bad apple can spoil the barrel water seeks its own level who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl

Questions

What does if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas mean?
Spending time with undesirable individuals will cause one to acquire their undesirable traits.

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