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neither a borrower nor a lender be

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables
nei-ther a bor-row-er nor a len-der be
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
28
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

It is not good to borrow money from anybody, lest you will lose their trust and friendship.

Etymology

From Act 1, Scene 3 of the play Hamlet.

Questions

What does neither a borrower nor a lender be mean?
It is not good to borrow money from anybody, lest you will lose their trust and friendship.
Where does neither a borrower nor a lender be come from?
From Act 1, Scene 3 of the play Hamlet.

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