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if you lie down with dogs you will catch their fleas
Definition:  a person who spends time with a company of bad people, will suffer the same fate as them
Usage:  John’s son was told not to hang out with troublemakers; he ended up in jail with them because if you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas
SEPEDI
Translation:  ge o patlama le dimpša o tla kgoramelwa ke matsetse a tšona
Proverb: pudi ya ja leotša e fetetša tše dingwe
XITSONGA
Translation:  loko u etlela na timbyana u ta namarhela hi madzedze ya tona
Proverb: u dyondza ku khandziya nsinya loko u tshama na mikawa
TSHIVENḒA
Translation:  arali wa eḓela fhasi na mmbwa u ḓo nambatelwa nga mbadzhane dzadzo
Proverb: mulilo wa mbava a u orwi