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they hate us 'cause they ain't us

they hate us 'cause they ain't us proverb: the reason that certain people are disliked is that others are jealous of them.

Proverb

they hate us 'cause they ain't us

  1. (US, slang, African-American Vernacular) The reason that certain people are disliked is that others are jealous of them.

Questions about they hate us 'cause they ain't us

What does they hate us 'cause they ain't us mean?
They hate us 'cause they ain't us means the reason that certain people are disliked is that others are jealous of them.
What part of speech is they hate us 'cause they ain't us?
They hate us 'cause they ain't us is a proverb.

Words near they hate us 'cause they ain't us in the dictionary

  1. thewy
  2. Thexton
  3. they
  4. they don't make them like that anymore
  5. they don't make them like they used to
  6. they hate us 'cause they ain't us
  7. they hit the Pentagon
  8. they say
  9. they should have sent a poet
  10. they'd
  11. they'd've

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