one big happy family

A group of people who live or work together or in close proximity, with the characteristics of a family whose members have strong, loving relationships. Sometimes used ironically. I lived in a house during college with five other people. We shared every part our lives with one another, like one big happy family. Three departments that don't communicate properly and blame each other for their own mistakes—yeah, we're one big happy family.

one ˌbig ˌhappy ˈfamily

(informal) a group of people who live or work together happily and without disagreements: We were always together. We were like one big happy family. (ironic) ‘Is your office a happy place to work in?’ ‘Oh sure, we’re just one big happy family. Everybody hates everybody else.’

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释义	one big happy family one big happy family A group of people who live or work together or in close proximity, with the characteristics of a family whose members have strong, loving relationships. Sometimes used ironically. I lived in a house during college with five other people. We shared every part our lives with one another, like one big happy family. Three departments that don't communicate properly and blame each other for their own mistakes—yeah, we're one big happy family. See also: big, family, happy, one Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. one ˌbig ˌhappy ˈfamily (informal) a group of people who live or work together happily and without disagreements: We were always together. We were like one big happy family. (ironic) ‘Is your office a happy place to work in?’ ‘Oh sure, we’re just one big happy family. Everybody hates everybody else.’ See also: big, family, happy, one Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: stand together close by live in (one's) pocket live in someone's pocket range at close range stand with stand with (one) be strange bedfellows bedfellow References in periodicals archive Putting a dragon on the Union Jack carries with it the implication that we are one big happy family, when we are not. We are the mountain people with our own flag Your womenfolk are making it abundantly clear that compromise and diplomacy are out of bounds, so why feel obliged to keep pretending you're one big happy family? It's time to level with them. your life: MY WIFE AND MUM RUIN CHRISTMAS Indeed, despite a sometimes combative union local, a significant proportion of them endorsed the company's paternalistic "we're all one big happy family" ideology. The Story of Reo Joe: Work, Kin, and Community in Autotown, U.S.A Step inside and it feels like one big happy family enjoying themselves. PUB OF THE MONTH Steven enjoyed filming the fourth run of the gritty soap and called the cast "one big happy family". TV star Meo: My fear of gay taunts I've worked with lots of companies, but the employees of this one appeared more like one big happy family. They were sharing leads and trying to help each other close. Open book. (Roofing) "We're just one big happy family," Captain William O. THE DAMBUSTERS AT HWACHON Green's wives - who include two sets of sisters - have joined him on television portraying themselves as one big happy family. Bigamist in child rape case "We're really intrigued that sometimes they all join and make one big happy family," Mueller reports, cautioning that these rare collaborations need to be observed for longer to see if they eventually splinter. Old MacDonald Was an Ant Army as one big happy family. Tough questions revealed that he loves his wife, loves the Army, and is a fiscal conservative who cares about people. Colinitis Lots of smiles and camaraderie, "one big happy family." Dialog-Knight-Ridder: "One big happy family." (Dialog Information Services Inc.) ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY Tony, Billeigh, Samantha with baby, Tracy and daughters Sacha and Shelbie. a gran entrance; Tracy delivers baby on living room floor after daughter Samantha's super-speedy labour "We're one big happy family," says Tim Healy, 63, who returns as Les/Lesley for his sixth year. Ray of sunshine; We love BEST TV; The fun-loving sunseekers of the Solana Resort return for more mayhem by the pool "They comment that it is like 'home from home' and that 'they are all one big happy family'." Out of school club achieves good report They are now one big happy family. Begum is attached to Jahan because she is taking care of her two children and Khan is happy that they have become one big happy family. Woman completes co-wife's family -- gives her a boy and then a girl
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