Long experience of someone or something can make one so aware of their faults as to be scornful.
Examples:
- Ten years at the same job and now he hates it—familiarity breeds contempt.
Origin: First recorded in Chaucer's Tale of Melibee, c. 1386
Long experience of someone or something can make one so aware of their faults as to be scornful.
Examples:
Origin: First recorded in Chaucer's Tale of Melibee, c. 1386