| 单词 | as thick as glue, as inkle-weavers, as peas in a shell, as thieves |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas thick as glue, as inkle-weavers, as peas in a shell, as (two) thieves 10. Close in confidence and association; intimate, familiar; often in similes (with allusion to other senses), e.g. as thick as glue, as inkle-weavers, as peas in a shell, as (two) thieves, as thick as three in a bed, etc. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > intimate or familiar homelya1387 familiarc1405 familarya1500 internal1581 intrinsical1602 intimated1606 intrinsic1613 intimea1618 intimous1619 domestica1631 intimate1635 pack1686 thickc1756 throng1768 versant1787 solid1882 chummy1884 tutoyant1899 cosy1927 schmoozy1954 tight1956 the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > intimate or familiar > very intimate hand and glove1654 hand in glove1737 as great (or thick) as inkle-weavers1738 as thick as glue, as inkle-weavers, as peas in a shell, as (two) thieves1833 like that1925 c1756 Bp. Law in J. Nichols Lit. Anecd. 18th Cent. (1812) II. 70 ‘Yes’, said he, ‘we begin now, though contrary to my expectation, and without my seeking, to be pretty thick; and I thank God who reconciles me to my adversaries’. 1781 R. Twining Let. 6 Sept. in Sel. Papers Twining Family (1887) 100 He and I were quite ‘thick’. We rode together frequently. 1802 C. Lamb Let. Feb. in Lett. C. & M. A. lamb (1976) II. 54 Are you & the first Consul thick? 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. Introd. Ep. 18 That's right, Captain..you twa will be as thick as three in a bed an' ance ye forgather. 1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter II. ii. 48 She and my wife are as thick as thieves, as the proverb goes. 1836 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) II. 199 He is thick with all the new Ministers. 1869 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 593 We soon grew as thick as inkle-weavers. < as lemmas |
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