half the world knows not how the other half lives

proverb People cannot fully understand the lives of others, especially when their lifestyles are very different. I don't understand how people are just oblivious to the growing homeless population in our city. Truly, half the world knows not how the other half lives.

See also: half, how, know, lives, not, other, world

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Half the world knows not how the other half lives.

Prov. You cannot understand what life is like for people who are different from you.; Often, rich people do not know what it is like to be poor, and poor people do not know what it is like to be rich. Until he spent school vacation at his friend Richard's country home, Jim was never aware that some people do not have to work for a living. He discovered that half the world knows not how the other half lives. Bill decided to dress in secondhand clothes and spend the weekend among the homeless men in the warehouse district, to see how the other half lives.

See also: half, how, know, lives, not, other, world

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

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chief
come from far and wide
dig it
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beautiful people
beautiful people, the
dog does not eat dog

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释义	half the world knows not how the other half lives half the world knows not how the other half lives proverb People cannot fully understand the lives of others, especially when their lifestyles are very different. I don't understand how people are just oblivious to the growing homeless population in our city. Truly, half the world knows not how the other half lives. See also: half, how, know, lives, not, other, world Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. Half the world knows not how the other half lives. Prov. You cannot understand what life is like for people who are different from you.; Often, rich people do not know what it is like to be poor, and poor people do not know what it is like to be rich. Until he spent school vacation at his friend Richard's country home, Jim was never aware that some people do not have to work for a living. He discovered that half the world knows not how the other half lives. Bill decided to dress in secondhand clothes and spend the weekend among the homeless men in the warehouse district, to see how the other half lives. See also: half, how, know, lives, not, other, world McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: one half of the world does not know how the other half lives (there are) too many chiefs and not enough Indians chief come from far and wide dig it (Can) you dig (it)? beautiful beautiful people beautiful people, the dog does not eat dog
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