thick as thieves

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From thick (“friendly, intimate”), first attested in 1827 as "thick as two thieves".

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: cul i merda — intimate, close-knit
• Catalan: carn i ungla — intimate, close-knit
• Chinese Cantonese: 糖黐豆 — intimate, close-knit
• Dutch: dikke mik — intimate, close-knit
• Finnish: läheinen — intimate, close-knit
• Finnish: kuin paita ja peppu — intimate, close-knit
• French: copains comme cochons — intimate, close-knit
• French: comme larrons en foire — intimate, close-knit
• French: comme cul et chemise — intimate, close-knit
• Italian: culo e camicia — intimate, close-knit
• Italian: pappa e ciccia — intimate, close-knit
• Norwegian Bokmål: henge sammen som erteris — intimate, close-knit
• Polish: znać się jak łyse konie — intimate, close-knit
• Russian: водо́й не разольёшь (vodój ne razolʹjóšʹ) — intimate, close-knit
• Spanish: como uña y mugre — intimate, close-knit
• Turkish: et tırnak — intimate, close-knit