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thick as thieves
Idioms and Phrases
Intimate, closely allied, as in The sisters-in-law are thick as thieves . This term uses thick in the sense of “intimate,†a usage that is obsolete except in this simile. [Early 1800s]Example Sentences
The two used to be “thick as thieves,†he said.
"They were thick as thieves," explains Harsha Evangeli, who taught the teenager art.
“She’s scared you’ll be like Charlotte. It’s difficult for Kat to make friends, but the two of them were thick as thieves. It really helped her come out of her shell. Then one day…Char was gone.â€
Joey King, who plays youngest daughter Halina, values having a close relationship with her grandmother and says they are “thick as thieves.â€
Mr. Luttrell recalled that he and his peers were “thick as thieves†on the campaign trail.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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