“Thick as thieves”in other languages
Very close friends who share secrets.
English
French
Portuguese
Spanish
EnglishFrenchPortugueseSpanishSame idea, different pictures
English and French look to thieves, who have to trust each other. French adds a fair, s'entendre comme larrons en foire, where pickpockets worked the crowd in teams.
Spanish and Portuguese are fingernail and flesh, uña y carne, unha e carne: impossible to separate without pain.
More sayings in other languages
- Throw a spanner in the works
- Throw in the towel
- Throw money down the drain
- Throw one's weight around
- Tie the knot
- Tighten one's belt
- Tilt at windmills
- Luck out
- Too big for one's britches