看美剧学英语地道口语表达：Thick as thieves
Thick as thieves：an idiomatic expression meaning extremely close, friendly, loyal, and often secretive with one another. （关系特别好；形影不离；亲密无间；好得像穿一条裤子。）
以下是英语高频短语“As thick as thieves”在美剧语料库中的相关例句：
场景一：选自美剧《纸牌屋》S04E03 18:32（对话者：Frank Monologue）
Frank Underwood: Well, don’t you look thick as thieves. 哟，你们俩看起来倒是亲密无间啊。
——>> It’s as though she never left. And that’s what I’m afraid of. 就好像她从未离开过一样。而这正是我所担心的。场景二：选自1995版《傲慢与偏见》31:10（对话者：Mrs. Bennet, Colonel Anthony和Wickham）
Mrs. Bennet: We are so desolated [‘desələt] , Colonel, that the regiment is to leave Meryton, 上校，民兵团要离开梅里顿，我们感到非常难过，
——>> but words cannot express what we feel about your kindness to our dear Lydia. 但言语无法表达我们对您照顾我们亲爱的丽迪雅所怀有的感激之情。
Colonel Anthony: Well, ma’am, it appears that Mrs Forster cannot do without her. 嗯，夫人，看来福斯特太太离不开她。
——>> Look at the pair of them. Thick as thieves! 瞧瞧她们俩。亲密得如同共犯！
——>> Lord knows what they find to talk about. 天晓得她们有什么好聊的。
——>> But anything to keep the ladies happy. What do you say, Wickham? 不过只要能哄女士们开心就好。你说呢，威克姆？
Wickham: I say amen to that, sir. 我说阿门，先生。场景三：选自美剧《唐顿庄园》S06E01 32:22（对话者：Robert, John Bates, Cora）
Robert: Why didn’t Carson tell me? He’s the one who’s being undermined. 卡森为什么不告诉我？他才是那个被暗中使坏的人。
John Bates: It’s a very difficult subject for him to discuss. 这个话题对他来说很难开口。
Robert: I can imagine. 可以想象。
——>> But it’s not as if we didn’t all know about Barrow. 但这并不意味着我们大家都不知道巴罗的事。
John Bates: That’s what I said to Mrs Hughes. 我也是这么跟休斯太太说的。
——>> I mean, if I shouted blue murder every time someone tried to kiss me at Eton, 我是说，要是我在伊顿公学时每有人想亲我就大喊救命，
——>> I’d have gone hoarse [hɔːs] in a month. 那我一个月内嗓子就得喊哑了。
Robert: What a tiresome fellow. 真是个烦人的家伙。
John Bates: It’s not the boy’s fault, my lord. 这不是那孩子的错，老爷。
——>> He’s been whipped up, told if he doesn’t see it through, 他是被人煽动的，有人告诉他如果他不把这事坚持到底，
——>> we’d all suspect him of batting for the same team. 我们就会怀疑他也是那路人（同性恋）。Batting：棒球中的“击球”。 字面直译：“为同一支队伍击球”。 俚语含义 在现代英语口语中，这个短语通常用来委婉地指代同性恋。它借用了棒球运动的团队概念——如果两个人都在为“同一支队伍”击球，意味着他们有着相同的性取向（通常指男性同性恋）。
Robert: Crikey [‘kraɪki]! But who’d do that? 天哪！可谁会这么做呢？
——>> Who’s got it in for Barrow? 谁跟巴罗过不去？Get/have it in for someone：an idiomatic expression meaning to deliberately treat someone badly, pick on them, be unfair to them, or hold a grudge against them. （针对某人、针对性地刁难或批评某人、怀恨在心。→ 既有心理，又有行动上的针对）
John Bates: Miss O’Brien. 奥布莱恩小姐。
Robert: O’Brien? I thought they were as thick as thieves. 奥布莱恩？我还以为他们俩亲密无间呢。
John Bates: Not now, my lord. 现在不是了，老爷。场景四：选自美剧《唐顿庄园》S03E08 39:53（对话者：Robert, Cora）
Robert: Naturally, Sir John is very upset by the whole thing. 自然，约翰爵士对整件事感到非常沮丧。
——>> Unfortunately, they couldn’t sell the estate without vacant possession. 不幸的是，没有空置所有权，他们就无法出售庄园。
Cora: So, it’s sold now? 那么，现在卖出去了？
Robert: Yes. At least, they think so. 是的。至少他们是这么认为的。
——>> And I have to go. 而我也得走了。
Cora: Not necessarily. 不一定。
——>> That would be the decision of the new owners. 那将由新主人决定。
Robert: I see. Well… 我明白了。好吧……
——>> Thank you very much for putting in a word, m’lord. 非常感谢您为我美言，老爷。
——>> If I hear anything more, I’ll make sure Daisy knows it. 如果我听到什么新消息，我一定让黛西知道。
Cora: Thank you. 谢谢。
Robert: Poor man. 可怜的人。
Cora: To have his whole future hanging in the balance, at his time of life. 到了他这把年纪，整个未来还悬而未决。
Robert: These are days of uncertainty. 这是个充满变数的年代。
Cora: How was John when you spoke to him? 你跟约翰谈的时候他怎么样？
Robert: In a state. They’re throwing in the towel. 情绪很糟。他们要认输了。Throw in the towel: an idiomatic expression meaning to admit defeat, give up, stop trying, or quit a struggle because you believe you can no longer succeed. （认输；放弃；不再坚持；举白旗。）
——>> He says, once the debts are paid, there won’t be too much left. 他说，还完债之后，剩不下多少了。
——>> Tim’s emigrating to Kenya. 蒂姆要移民去肯尼亚了。
Cora: Poor Marian. To be separated from her only son. 可怜的玛丽安。要和她的独生子分离。
——>> She’ll hate that. 她会恨死那样的。
Robert: I said we’d go to the sale. 我说我们会去参加拍卖。
Cora: Do you want to? 你想去吗？
Robert: Well, John’s father and my papa were as thick as thieves. 嗯，约翰的父亲和我父亲当年可是亲密无间。
——>> It might be nice to find a memento [mə’mentəʊ] of the old boy. 能找到一件那位老伙计的纪念品也许会不错。
以下是英语高频短语“Take someone under one’s wing”在日常交流与商务语境中的相关例句：
E.G.1：Ever since college, they’ve been thick as thieves.
参考翻译：从大学时期开始，他们就一直亲密无间。E.G.2：My grandmother and her neighbor are thick as thieves—they talk every day and know everything about each other.
参考翻译：我奶奶和她的邻居关系特别好，她们每天聊天，对彼此的事情了如指掌。E.G.3：The CEO and the CFO are thick as thieves, which makes strategic decisions move very quickly.
参考翻译：首席执行官和首席财务官关系非常密切，因此战略决策推进得很快。E.G.4：Those two partners became thick as thieves during the merger negotiations.
参考翻译：在并购谈判期间，那两位合伙人变得非常默契、关系十分紧密。
