(as) close as two coats of paint

(as) close as two coats of paint

Having a very close relationship; inseparable. I haven't talked to Patty in years, but we were as close as two coats of paint as kids.See also: close, coat, of, paint, two

*close as two coats of paint

Cliché close and intimate. (*Also: as ~.) When Tom and Mary were in high school, they were as close as two coats of paint. All their lives, the cousins were close as two coats of paint.See also: close, coat, of, paint, two