thicker

See: BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER.

No categories:

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

To section: T

Subscribe to: American Idioms

✉

Our RSS-channels

Show All

See as well

blood is thicker than water

[blood is thicker than water] Persons of the same family are closer to one another than to others; relatives are favored or chosen over outsiders. * /Mr. Jones hires his […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

water

[water] See: [BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER], [COME HELL OR HIGH WATER], [DEEP WATER], [FISH OUT OF WATER], [GO THROUGH HELL AND HIGH WATER], [HEAD ABOVE WATER], [HOLD WATER], [HELL […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

thick

[thick] See: [BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER], [LAY IT ON] or [LAY IT ON THICK], [THROUGH THICK AND THIN]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

blood

[blood] See: [DRAW BLOOD], [FLESH AND BLOOD], [IN COLD BLOOD], [IN ONE'S BLOOD] or [INTO ONE'S BLOOD], [MAKE ONE'S BLOOD BOIL] or [MAKE THE BLOOD BOIL], [NEW BLOOD], [OUT OF […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Recent updates

Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947)

English mathematicianphilosopher If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same […]

Brander Matthew

(1852-1956) A highbrow is a person educated beyond his intelligence.

намыливаться

[намыливаться] (куда-л.) {v. phr.} {informal} [na`myil'ivat's'ya] {literally} to soap oneself. To make […]

dead ahead

[dead ahead] {adv.}, {informal} Exactly in front; before. * /The school is dead ahead about two miles from here./ * /Father […]