is " if you lie down with dogs you get up with fleas." Okay. Let's take a look at the

note here. You might also possibly hear this proverb stated as if you lie down

with dogs you wake up with fleas or if you lie down with dogs you'll come up

with fleas. So there's about three different ways that you could possibly

hear this phrase used. Okay. Let's continue. Let's look at the note here. The

proverb basically means if you hang out or associate with people who have a bad

character or a bad reputation eventually your reputation will be harmed or may

begin to pay or you may begin to pick up some of these bad traits if you'll hang

out with these people that have bad traits long enough. So it could go both ways.

Let's continue. They say this proverb was first recorded

in English in 1573 by James Sanford but anybody he didn't really coin it. He was

or however he was a translator of Latin texts. So originally this goes all the

way back to the Roman Empire. In Latin it read as "qui cum canibus comcum bunt

cum publicubus surgent " Okay. I remember some Latin I know the cui is like

who with dogs I know I got that part.The rest gets a little confusing though with

and this is probably the fleas over here. But anyway that's the idea. So which is

translated as they who lie with dogs will rise with fleas. So it really does

come originally from the Roman Empire. All right. And we have a couple of

examples here the way we might hear it used today.

All right. Here's number one. If you hang out with a bad crowd. Yeah. We often say

it especially to young people or teenagers. If they hang out

with you know a group of kids that you know, do bad things. Maybe take drugs or

shoplift or something like that. You are going to end up with a bad reputation.

Remember if you lie down with dogs you will get up with fleas. Okay. Good or

number two here. Number two is an a/b part . A says just because I associate

with them does not make me the same . And B might say. yeah, I'm just warning

you to be careful Other people will assume you are the

same. They think if you lie down with dogs you will get up with fleas. Okay.

Anyway that's the way you may hear it used. Okay. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it

was clear. I hope it was informative . Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.