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when_in_Rome,_do_as_the_Romans_do

when in Rome, do as the Romans do

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when in Rome, do as the Romans do

  1. behave as those around do
  2. conform to the larger society
  3. respect the beliefs and practices of a local culture

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  • Seferyan, S. S.; Hovhannisyan, L. V.; Lazaryan, A. A. (1986) Angleren-hayeren darjvacabanakan baṙaran [English–Armenian Phraseological Dictionary], Yerevan: University Press, page 179