VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Thick as thieves

Meaning:

intimate, close-knit.

Examples:

  • Maja and Amanda were as thick as thieves.
  • I mean, another lifetime, you and me, we... could have been thick as thieves, you know?
  • And-and you, you used to tell me everything, too, and now you and my brother are as thick as thieves.
  • You two are as thick as thieves, aren't you?
  • Interesting fact... the phrase "thick as thieves" was coined in... Not now, Brick.
  • You two are thick as thieves, now.
  • I say by the end of the evening you two will be thick as thieves.
  • Yeah, thick as thieves, I reckon.
  • The executive and legislative powers are thick as thieves, dodging the truth, like in the famous Vermeer painting, in view of the onlookers, European citizens.
  • The cop let you go. - Yeah, we know each other. We're thick as thieves.