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never meet your heroes

never meet your heroes proverb: it is unwise to seek personal acquaintance with people whom one has regarded with high esteem, as they often fail to fulfill one's expectations, resulting in disappointment.

Proverb

never meet your heroes

  1. It is unwise to seek personal acquaintance with people whom one has regarded with high esteem, as they often fail to fulfill one's expectations, resulting in disappointment.
    • I'm a great believer in the maxim that you should never meet your heroes. I thought of these artists as rebellious, ink-spattered heroes, righting wrongs. What if they turned out to be ranting misanthropes or monosyllabic recluses?2008 July 22, Phill Jupitus, “Blood, sweat and ink”, in Guardian, retrieved 15 May 2021
    • They say you should never meet your heroes, so fans of Canadian DJ and music producer Deadmau5 might want to consider the risks before looking him up online.2011 February 18, Michael Oliveira, “Deadmau5 mingles and murders in Minecraft”, in The Star, retrieved 15 May 2021

Questions about never meet your heroes

What does never meet your heroes mean?
Never meet your heroes means it is unwise to seek personal acquaintance with people whom one has regarded with high esteem, as they often fail to fulfill one's expectations, resulting in disappointment.
What part of speech is never meet your heroes?
Never meet your heroes is a proverb.

Words near never meet your heroes in the dictionary

  1. never have I ever
  2. never in a million years
  3. never in a month of Sundays
  4. never judge a book by its cover
  5. never look a gift horse in the mouth
  6. never meet your heroes
  7. never mind
  8. never minds
  9. Never Never
  10. never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
  11. never say die

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