kith and kin

kith and kin

Friends and family. We are gathered here, with kith and kin, to celebrate this great union.
See also: and, kin
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

kith and kin

friends and relatives; people known to someone. I was delighted to find all my kith and kin waiting for me at the airport to welcome me home. I sent cards to my kith and kin, telling them of my arrival.
See also: and, kin
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

kith and kin

Friends and family, as in Everyone was invited, kith and kin as well as distant acquaintances. This expression dates from the 1300s and originally meant "countrymen" ( kith meant "one's native land") and "family members." It gradually took on the present looser sense.
See also: and, kin
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

kith and kin

your relations.
Kith , an Old English word meaning ‘native land’ or ‘countrymen’, is now only used in this phrase, which itself dates back to the late 14th century. The variant kith or kin is also sometimes found.
See also: and, kin
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

kith and ˈkin

(old-fashioned) friends and relatives: He has returned to live in Italy, where he’ll be surrounded by his kith and kin.
See also: and, kin
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

kith and kin

Friends and family. This term is very old indeed, appearing in William Langland’s Piers Ploughman (1377), when kith meant “one’s native land,” and by extension one’s countrymen, and kin meant, as it still does, “members of one’s family.” Presumably the alliteration helped it survive. It became a cliché in the nineteenth century but is much less heard now and may be obsolescent. Ogden Nash played on it in “Family Court” (1930): “One would be in less danger From the wiles of the stranger If one’s own kin and kith Were more fun to be with.”
See also: and, kin
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • on one's
  • on someone's
  • other than
  • other than (something)
  • out of one's
  • (I've) got to go
  • save someone's skin
  • (Have you) been OK?
  • pillow-biter
  • monkey's uncle, I'll be/am a
References in periodicals archive
Psychology offers insights for dealing with kith and kin. Different people, different strokes, meaning we should rejoice in diverse personalities, including people who seem almost natural optimists while others are pessimists.
Kith and kin
Compass PM worked with main contractor Blue Camel Design and interior designer Bishop Design to complete the food and beverage (F&B), which Kith and Kin has described as a "food-market-restaurant-grape-bar with an industrial feel fit-out".
UAE: Compass PM hands over DIFC restaurant, Bazxar
As far as the kith and kin of these youths are concerned they had made great sacrifices for a worthy cause.
27th November a date to remember for thousands
Our security is paramount, yes it is, but again when will we learn if for instance all we think of is our selfish gains, protecting the interests of our kith and kin, but stand to be the weak link in securing critical infrastructure, for instance those in aviation as a critical area of our economy?
Security paramount
New Year's Eve used to be magic The one night of the year when The kids in our tenement homes Were allowed to 'stay up late' Playing cards in front of a blazing coal fire 'Made up' in our new 'Chrimbo' pjs My mam has her best tablecloth on show but You can't see the lace, 'cos it's chokka with festive scoff The noise outside is getting louder Festive music is belting out from various radiograms It's countdown, we're allowed to join the party Foghorns from the river ring out the old As church bells ring in the new, we raise our glasses To absent kith and kin, in unison we declare Happy New Year 'Fonnie-oy' Let's hope it's a good one!
LET'S HOPE IT'S A GOOD ONE; Your Poem
In fact, some even refused to take leave and get back to their home to attend to their kith and kin. Our troops have exhibited commitment unparalleled in history." Interacting with the soldiers on ground, the Army Chief appreciated their valiant efforts to search, locate, establish contact and then conduct rescue, relief and evacuation operations on an unprecedented scale.
ARMY CHIEF LAUDS MEN FOR EFFORT
Muscat: Bangladeshi expatriates in the Sultanate are worrying for the safety of their kith and kin back home as violence continues to rock their country following the death sentence handed to Jamt-e-Islami leader Dilwar Hossain Sayeedee by a war crimes tribunal.
Bangladesh violence leaves expats worried
Legal activists and migrant forums have asked for more transparency at different levels to curb the illegal methods seemingly being adopted by some Asian expatriates to pocket the death compensation (blood money) awarded by local courts for the kith and kin of those individuals dying in accidents in the country.
Call to ensure transparency in blood money awards
* Charli XCX (known to kith and kin as Charli Aitchison) will follow up her Labrinth support stint with a headline tour that will take in Birmingham's Temple Rooms on Thursday November 8 and Nottingham's Bodega on Saturday 10.
SoundBites
Maj-Gen Al Menhali said the committee considered applications for a number of cases and carried out necessary medical examinations in preparation for reuniting them with their kith and kin and integrating them into the UAE society.
Panel meets kids of Emiratis in Indonesia
Ali Al-Maliki, an official close to Prince Turki's department, said King Abdullah was able to win the pardon from the kith and kin of murder victims within a year.
116 Qassim prisoners set free after royal amnesty
NEW EXHIBITION Figures by Nick Renshaw in Kith and Kin exhibition WATER SCULPTURE A work in Kith and Kin inspired by a leak by Erin Dickson and Jeffrey Sarmiento DRAWN IN A piece by Colin Rennie in the NGC's Kith and Kin exhibition CHALLENGE James Bustard at the National Glass Centre
Reflecting on a difficult past for National Glass Centre; A new masterplan could transform the fortunes of the National Glass Centre, as DAVID WHETSTONE has been finding out
They are also usually quite bound up in their family, so do show an interest and don't ever criticise their kith and kin, as that - along with any mentions of your old lovers of course - could well KO the relationship.
Cancer; June 22-July 23
Christmas is for kith and kin Regardless of race or colour of skin Whilst shepherds watch their flocks by night There are those who have to stand and fight On sand, at sea and in the air Maintaining peace they watch and stare.
Whilst shepherds watch