who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English
82
Scrabble Score
40
Letters
9
Syllables
17
Unique Chars
Meaning
proverb
Alternative form of who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.
Example Sentences
- "The prosecutors who reviewed the Peabody case in 1988 described his behaviour as “infantilism.” In other words, he who keeps company with wolves will learn to howl."
- "After hearing this proverb, Chadwick went out to see if it was true. "I thoroughly tested it," he said, "and though it may apply to people, it doesn't pertain to cats." Who keeps company with wolves learns to howl warns us that if we associate with bad company we, too, will become bad."
- "A well known proverb says that 'who keeps company with wolves will learn to howl'. The biggest influence on my personality had these people with whom I spent the most of the time."