Idioms About Friendship
A shoulder to cry on
Meaning: Someone who listens to your problems
Birds of a feather flock together
Meaning: People who have the same outlook/tastes/interests will be found in each other’s company
Close-knit
Meaning: United or bound together by strong relationships and common interests.
Friends in high places
Meaning: Have friends who have important or influential positions
Like two peas in a pod
Meaning: Two people or things that are very similar to each other, or go very well together.
Strike up a friendship
Meaning: To become friends
Through thick and thin
Meaning: Under all circumstances, no matter how difficult.
To be as thick as thieves
Meaning: To be very close or friendly
To be joined at the hip
Meaning: To be extremely close to someone, so you don’t like to be apart.
To be on the same page/wavelength
Meaning: To be in agreement
To build bridges
Meaning: To promote friendly relations between people or groups
To bury the hatchet
Meaning: Make peace; end a quarrel, settle one’s differences to become friends again.
To clear the air
Meaning: Get rid of all doubts and negative feelings.
To get on famously
Meaning: To get on very well with someone
To get on like a house on fire
Meaning: To get on very well with someone
To get on swimmingly
Meaning: To get on very well with someone
To hit it off
Meaning: To find yourself immediately and naturally friendly with someone
To know someone inside out
Meaning: To know someone very well
To make strange bedfellows
Meaning: To make unlikely companions
To move in the same circles
Meaning: To socialize with the same people all of whom have a similar background or lifestyle
To see eye to eye with someone
Meaning: To agree with someone
To speak the same language
Meaning: To understand someone, as a result, your shared values or opinions
