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one should never meet one's heroes

one should never meet one's heroes is the alternative form of never meet your heroes.

Meaning of never meet your heroes

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

Questions about one should never meet one's heroes

What is one should never meet one's heroes the alternative form of?
One should never meet one's heroes is the alternative form of never meet your heroes.

Words near one should never meet one's heroes in the dictionary

  1. one short
  2. one shot
  3. one shots
  4. one should be so lucky
  5. one should live so long
  6. one should never meet one's heroes
  7. one side
  8. one sixth
  9. one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
  10. one step ahead
  11. one step at a time

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