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if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas en · X

Meanings

1. Spending time with undesirable individuals will cause one to acquire their undesirable traits.

Relateds

if you fly with the crows, you get shot with the crows · water seeks its own level · who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl · one bad apple can spoil the barrel

Translations (8)

tr itle yatan bitle kalkar ((proverb) spending time with undesirable people will cause one to take on their undesirable traits) · gd 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) · ru с кем поведёшься, от того́ и наберёшься ((proverb) spending time with undesirable people will cause one to take on their undesirable traits) · pl kto z kim przestaje, takim się staje ((proverb) spending time with undesirable people will cause one to take on their undesirable traits) · ki mũceera na mũkũndũ akũndũkaga taguo ((proverb) spending time with undesirable people will cause one to take on their undesirable traits) · sq kush fle me qen, ngrihet me pleshta ((proverb) spending time with undesirable people will cause one to take on their undesirable traits) · de 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) · cmn 近朱者赤，近墨者黑 ((proverb) spending time with undesirable people will cause one to take on their undesirable traits)