Familiarity breeds contempt
Familiarity breeds contempt. 熟悉易生轻侮。Familiarity是形容词familiar的名词形式，表示熟悉；通晓。Familiarity with standard pronunciation对标准发音的通晓。
Breed, to cause a particular feeling or condition,酿起；惹起；产生；是…的来源。
Contempt, a feeling that someone or something is not important and deserves no respect，轻视；轻蔑。Show contempt for something.对某事物表示轻视/ hold somebody in contempt蔑视某人/ be beneath contempt不值得一顾。
这个谚语告诉我们这样一个道理：长久而密切相处会引起轻视的感觉。往往对一件很熟悉的事情可能使我们忽视其重要性，或者干一件事次数频繁就可能粗心大意。
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