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Spending time with undesirable individuals will cause one to acquire their undesirable traits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
kush fle me qen, ngrihet me pleshta
— (proverb) spending time with undesirable people will cause one to take on their undesirable traits
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Chinese Mandarin:
近朱者赤,近墨者黑
(jìn zhū zhě chì, jìn mò zhě hēi)
— (proverb) spending time with undesirable people will cause one to take on their undesirable traits
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German:
wer den Hund ins Bett lässt, steht mit Flöhen auf
— (proverb) spending time with undesirable people will cause one to take on their undesirable traits
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Kikuyu:
mũceera na mũkũndũ akũndũkaga taguo
— (proverb) spending time with undesirable people will cause one to take on their undesirable traits
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Polish:
kto z kim przestaje, takim się staje
— (proverb) spending time with undesirable people will cause one to take on their undesirable traits
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Russian:
с кем поведёшься, от того́ и наберёшься
(s kem povedjóšʹsja, ot tovó i naberjóšʹsja)
— (proverb) spending time with undesirable people will cause one to take on their undesirable traits
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Scottish Gaelic:
am fear a laigheas sa pholl, togaidh e an làthach
— (proverb) spending time with undesirable people will cause one to take on their undesirable traits
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Turkish:
itle yatan bitle kalkar
— (proverb) spending time with undesirable people will cause one to take on their undesirable traits
