value (someone or something) as (someone or something else)

value (someone or something) as (someone or something else)

To regard someone or something as a very valuable kind of person or thing. I've always valued Sarah as the little sister I never had. Even though he wasn't being paid, Tom valued the internship as one of the best experiences of his life.
See also: something, value
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

value someone or something as something

to hold someone or something in esteem as something; to find someone or something to be as good as something. I value you as a close friend. I value this watch as a keepsake.
See also: value
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • be little love lost between (two people)
  • talk to the hand
  • talk to/tell it to the hand
  • correspond
  • correspond about (someone or something)
  • be no love lost between (two people)
  • sneer
  • sneer at
  • sneer at (someone or something)
  • (I) wouldn't want to be in (someone's) shoes