Familiarity breeds contempt
The better we know people, the more likely we are to find fault with them.
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How to use Familiarity breeds contempt in a sentence
If Familiarity breeds contempt, then overindulgence breeds snobbish connoisseurship.
My Big, Buttery Lobster Roll Rumble: We Came, We Clawed, We Conquered | Scott Bixby | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSecond, if Familiarity breeds contempt, anonymous familiarity seems to fuel it even more.
The contempt which our metaphysicians show for matter, comes from the fact that "Familiarity breeds contempt."
Superstition In All Ages (1732) | Jean Meslier“No man is a hero to his valet,” and “Familiarity breeds contempt,” are clear enough.
Worldly Ways and Byways | Eliot GregoryIt is an old saying, and a trite one, that "Familiarity breeds contempt."
Byways Around San Francisco Bay | William E. Hutchinson
Here, as elsewhere, there are cynics who say that Familiarity breeds contempt.
Indo-China and Its Primitive People | Henry BaudessonHowever, Familiarity breeds contempt, and if left too long, some animal is almost sure to discover the ruse.
Connie Morgan in the Lumber Camps | James B. Hendryx
Other Idioms and Phrases with Familiarity breeds contempt
Long experience of someone or something can make one so aware of the faults as to be scornful. For example, Ten years at the same job and now he hates it—familiarity breeds contempt. 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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