familiarity breeds contempt

KNOW somebodyan expression meaning that if you know someone too well, you find out their faults and respect them less 亲密生嫌隙，亲昵生狎侮；亲不敬，熟生蔑

Examples from the Corpus

familiarity breeds contempt• Perhaps familiarity breeds contempt - among teachers as well as children.• The first is that familiarity breeds contempt.• The United States has usually been an exception to the rule that familiarity breeds contempt.