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Relationship
category idioms: Referring to a connection between people including
romance, friendship or hostility |
| absence makes the heart grow fonder |
ace |
all the world's a stage |
| along for the ride |
bad blood |
better half |
| birds of a feather flock together |
blood is thicker than water |
break up |
| bring up |
bury the hatchet |
call for someone |
| catch on |
cheat on (someone) |
cheek by jowl |
| chip off the old block |
cog in the machine |
count on |
| cozy up (to someone) |
a crush on |
dance with the one who brought you |
| drop him / her like a hot potato |
fair-weather friend |
fall in with |
| falling out |
favorite son |
fix someone up with someone |
| flesh and blood |
French kiss |
get along with someone |
| get even |
get off one’s back |
give someone the cold shoulder |
| go out with (someone) |
go steady |
got a thing going |
| grow on you |
hand in hand |
handle with kid gloves |
| hands are tied |
hands off |
get off on the wrong foot |
| mend fences |
have an affair |
not have anything to do with |
| have it in for someone |
have something on someone |
hit it off with someone |
| in cahoots with |
in with |
item |
| lay off |
let alone |
let on |
| life of Riley |
life of Riley |
like father, like son |
| make a pass at someone |
out of circulation |
make eyes at |
| make friends |
make up |
my boy |
| name someone after |
neck and neck |
on behalf of |
| on one’s back |
on the rocks |
out in the cold |
| out of one’s element |
out of one’s hair |
play footsie |
| patch up |
play footsie (non romantic) |
play-off |
| play the field |
split up |
play up to someone |
| polish the apple |
pop the question |
pot calling the kettle black |
| pour it on thick |
rob the cradle |
roll in the hay |
| rub off |
rub someone the wrong way |
run in the family/blood |
| shack up with |
sit on |
snake in the grass |
| stand (someone) in good stead |
sugar daddy |
sweetie pie |
| take (someone) under one’s wing |
take liberties |
take out |
| take sides |
tell apart |
throw in one’s lot with |
| tie the knot |
two faced |
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