"Familiarity breeds contempt" refers to the idea that the more time one spends with another person, the more they start to dislike them. This is a cause of many divorces.
This phrase suggests that the more we know or are familiar with someone or something, the more likely we are to find fault or be critical of them. Over time, our close proximity or intimacy can lead to a decrease in respect or admiration.
Its an adaptation of the phrase "familiarity breeds contempt" which is to say that spending lots of time doing something, being with someone, etc... means you will grow to dislike the activity, person, etc... In this phrase its is turned on its head, instead of growing to hate something you will grow to love it as you spend more time devoted to something.
It means that you often become so accustomed to familiar things and people that you no longer value them.
This saying has some different meanings. The first meaning is applied to relationships. If you know someone very well or experience something a lot, you stop respecting them. The second meaning could be: the better we know people, the more likely we are to find fault with them. Or finally this saying could mean: the more you know something or someone, the more you start to find faults and dislike things about it or them. All these examples are about becoming familiar with something/someone.
A modern expression would be "familiarity breeds contempt". That is "we've known this guy for years, he's one of us, he can't know anything we don't know".
Pride dines on Vanity, sups on Contempt.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This phrase was used to show contempt for a small-minded or mean person. You certainly didn't want a cowboy to call you a tin-horn lot.
The phrase "chairs at home" typically refers to the sense of comfort and familiarity that comes from being in one's own living space. It can symbolize relaxation, sanctuary, and a feeling of being grounded or settled.
Being popular means being hated.If someone or something is popular, inevitably someone else will end up disliking it merely for the fact that it is popular.
Direct contempt occurs in the presence of the court. Indirect contempt occurs outside the presence of the court, and Civil contempt often occurs indirectly.
10.I prefer familiarity and routine at work to novelty and variety.
To be worthy of contempt is to have proven ones inferiority, so yes.
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