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joined at the hip en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, informal, not-comparable) Closely connected, as in an intimate friendship.
    • When people suggest to me that it would be best if politics were left out of the railways, I always point out that the two are joined at the hip. Throughout the near 200-year existence of the railways, there has never been a time when they have been free of political interference. 2021 May 19, Christian Wolmar, “Resolving the Eurostar problem will benefit Britain...”, in RAIL, number 931, page 46:
    • We're very close. In fact, we're joined at the hip. 1987 June, “The Jeffrey Show”, in Texas Monthly, volume 15, number 6, page 159:

Forms

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attached at the hip alternative lexicographic
joined-at-the-hip alternative lexicographic

Relateds

conjoined twin · live in each other's pockets

Translations (11)

nl onafscheidelijk (closely connected, as in an intimate friendship) · fr inséparable (closely connected, as in an intimate friendship) · es unidos por la cadera (closely connected, as in an intimate friendship) · hu szétválaszthatatlanok (closely connected, as in an intimate friendship) · fr indissociable (closely connected, as in an intimate friendship) · cmn 如胶似漆 (closely connected, as in an intimate friendship) · cmn 死党 (closely connected, as in an intimate friendship) · es indisociables (closely connected, as in an intimate friendship) · fi seurusteleva (closely connected, as in an intimate friendship) · es inseparables (closely connected, as in an intimate friendship) · pl nierozłączny (closely connected, as in an intimate friendship)