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Meaning of if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

Spending time with undesirable individuals will cause one to acquire their undesirable traits.

Equivalents

Deutsch wer den Hund ins Bett lässt, steht mit Flöhen auf

Русский с кем поведёшься, от того и наберёшься

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

if you mess with the bull, you get the horns if you pay bananas, you get monkeys if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys if you please if you see something, say something if you torture the data long enough, it will confess to anything