if you lie with dogs, you will get fleas

proverb If one spends time with bad people, one will suffer in some way (often by becoming like said associates). I worry about my brother hanging out with all those troublemakers—if you lie with dogs, you will get fleas, you know?

See also: flea, get, if, lie, will

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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as one door closes, another (one) opens
as one door closes, another one opens
as one door closes, another opens
cooking for one
give (someone) an inch and (someone) (will) take a mile
give (someone) an inch and (someone) (will) take a yard
drive (one) out of office
force (one) out of office
force out of office
give (one) (one's) head

词组	if you lie with dogs, you will get fleas
释义	if you lie with dogs, you will get fleas if you lie with dogs, you will get fleas proverb If one spends time with bad people, one will suffer in some way (often by becoming like said associates). I worry about my brother hanging out with all those troublemakers—if you lie with dogs, you will get fleas, you know? See also: flea, get, if, lie, will Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: as one door closes, another (one) opens as one door closes, another one opens as one door closes, another opens cooking for one give (someone) an inch and (someone) (will) take a mile give (someone) an inch and (someone) (will) take a yard drive (one) out of office force (one) out of office force out of office give (one) (one's) head
随便看	the wrong side of (someone) the wrong side of the bed the wrong side of the tracks they they also serve who (only) stand and wait They also serve who only stand and wait they broke the mold when they made (someone or something) they broke the mould when they made someone they don't make them like they used to the year dot They must have seen you coming the young may die, but the old must die the/your best bet well up with (something) (well,) wash my mouth out with soap Well, wash my mouth out with soap well, well, (well) (well) what do you know welp welsh welsh on welsh on (someone or something) welter welter in welter in (something)