Saturday, 17 December 2016

"Familiarity Breeds Contempt."

Saturday Proverb:

Proverb: "Familiarity Breeds Contempt."

 

Meaning

Long experience of someone or something can make one so aware of the faults as to be scornful.

History / Interesting Fact:

The idea is much older, but the first recorded use of this expression was in Chaucer's Tale of Melibee (c. 1386).

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