"if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas" meaning in English

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Proverb

Head templates: {{head|en|proverb|head=}} if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas, {{en-proverb}} if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas
  1. Spending time with undesirable individuals will cause one to acquire their undesirable traits. Related terms: 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 Translations ((proverb) spending time with undesirable people will cause one to take on their undesirable traits): 近朱者赤,近墨者黑 (jìn zhū zhě chì, jìn mò zhě hēi) (Chinese Mandarin), wer den Hund ins Bett lässt, steht mit Flöhen auf (German), mũceera na mũkũndũ akũndũkaga taguo (Kikuyu), с кем поведёшься, от того́ и наберёшься (s kem povedjóšʹsja, ot tovó i naberjóšʹsja) (Russian), am fear a laigheas sa pholl, togaidh e an làthach (Scottish Gaelic), itle yatan bitle kalkar (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-if_you_lie_down_with_dogs,_you_get_up_with_fleas-en-proverb-uEYEXvGu Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English proverbs, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English_aphorisms

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      "sense": "(proverb) spending time with undesirable people will cause one to take on their undesirable traits",
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