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Familiarity Breeds Contempt ( too much time together causes bad feelings ... )

"Familiarity Breeds Contempt"



"Familiarity breeds contempt" says that when you spend too much time with people, you begin to have negative feelings towards them.

Example: "Those two have been living together for too long. They don't speak a word to each other." Reply: "Familiarity breeds contempt."



Familiarity breeds contempt means that people who spend a lot of time together may begin to dislike each other.





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