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  • From: John Cowan <johnwcowan@g...>
  • To: Shlomi Fish <shlomif@s...>
  • Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 23:01:18 -0500


On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Shlomi Fish <shlomif@s...> wrote:

> Indeed. Lying with dogs get you fleas.
>

I think I understand the idiom, but I don't know what you wish to say by it

The standard for is "If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas."  It means either "If you associate with bad people, you pick up their bad qualities" or "If you associate with people who have bad reputations, you'll get a bad reputation too. 




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