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good fences make good neighbors

good fences make good neighbors proverb: it is better to mind one's own business than get involved with other people's affairs.

Proverb

good fences make good neighbors

  1. It is better to mind one's own business than get involved with other people's affairs.

Questions about good fences make good neighbors

What does good fences make good neighbors mean?
Good fences make good neighbors means it is better to mind one's own business than get involved with other people's affairs.
What part of speech is good fences make good neighbors?
Good fences make good neighbors is a proverb.

Words near good fences make good neighbors in the dictionary

  1. good enough for jazz
  2. good enough to eat
  3. good eve
  4. good evening
  5. good faith
  6. good fences make good neighbors
  7. good fences make good neighbours
  8. good folk
  9. good for a laugh
  10. good for nothing
  11. good for someone

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