proverb · Words worth keeping
Bad friends will prevent you from having good friends.
Bad friends will prevent you from having good friends.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
The saying makes bad friends block good friendships. It warns that one relationship may interfere with other welcome connections.
What the words are saying
The labels and will make the claim categorical. A careful application identifies actual controlling or discouraging conduct rather than assuming a disliked person is the cause of all social difficulty. The supplied exposure explanation is one possibility, not a verified motive.
Everyday example
Someone considers whether a particular behavior is limiting contact they would like to maintain.
When to use it
Use it to examine interference in connections with conduct made explicit.
What it does not mean
No person is proved bad or responsible for all missing friendships by the label alone.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided proverb reference
Supplied reference A; unit 716; PDF page 103
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.