(as) close as two coats of paint
(as) close as two coats of paint
Having a very close relationship; inseparable. I haven't talked to Patty in years, but we were as close as two coats of paint as kids.
See also: close, coat, of, paint, two
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*close as two coats of paint
Cliché close and intimate. (*Also: as ~.) When Tom and Mary were in high school, they were as close as two coats of paint. All their lives, the cousins were close as two coats of paint.
See also: close, coat, of, paint, two
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- close as two coats of paint
- close enough to use the same toothpick
- toothpick
- too close for comfort
- too close to call
- close to (one's) heart
- close to your heart