familiarity breeds contempt

过度接触会导致轻视或鄙视
口语·表示过度熟悉导致轻视或厌倦
英文释义 when you become too close or familiar with someone or something, you start to find faults or dislike them
例句
After living together for years, they started to argue more—familiarity breeds contempt, I guess.
典故来源 源自古罗马作家伊索寓言,后由英国作家乔叟在《坎特伯雷故事集》中普及。

📖 习语词汇解析

习语中的关键英语词汇

contempt [kən'tɛmpt]
n. 轻视;轻蔑;(对规则、危险等的)藐视;不顾;
familiarity [fəˌmili'æriti]
n. 熟悉;通晓;认识;友好随便;
breeds
n. 品种;族类(breed的复数形式)

🔤 同首字母习语

fairytale ending
童话般的结局
food fight
食物打斗;食物大战
fit to be tied
非常生气或激动,情绪无法控制
from the cradle to the grave
从出生到死亡; 终生
fall in line
顺从或遵守规定、指示或期望
flutter the dovecotes
激起公众的议论和争议
farfetched
牵强附会的,不太可能的
from time to time
偶尔,不时地
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