joined at the hip
idiom
informal
—used to describe two people who are often or usually together
She and her sister used to be joined at the hip when they were kids.
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They were joined at the hip, often a frequent daddy-daughter pairing at Baltimore Colts games before the NFL team bolted to Indianapolis.
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 7 Feb. 2024
Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with the two who appear, professionally, to be joined at the hip.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2024
My best friend decided to stop perming [relaxing] her hair, and we were joined at the hip.
—As Told To Jamie Wilson, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2023
Many of his films are about people tearing each other apart, but those people are fiercely alive, joined at the hip through heaven and, more often, hell.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2023
Guitar and car joined in rhyme and joined at the hip.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 4 May 2023
Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 7 Feb. 2024
Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with the two who appear, professionally, to be joined at the hip.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2024
My best friend decided to stop perming [relaxing] her hair, and we were joined at the hip.
—As Told To Jamie Wilson, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2023
Many of his films are about people tearing each other apart, but those people are fiercely alive, joined at the hip through heaven and, more often, hell.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2023
Guitar and car joined in rhyme and joined at the hip.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 4 May 2023
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