argue like a married couple
Fight over nothing
To argue like a married couple is to bicker in a familiar, repetitive way that suggests long acquaintance—the kind of low-stakes quarreling that comes from knowing someone's habits and irritations intimately.
Often used of pairs who aren't actually married: Those two argue like a married couple over whose turn it is to make coffee.
- bickerArgue over trifles
- shared historyJointly experienced past events
- squabbleTrivial noisy argument
- passive-aggressivenessCovert expression of resentment
- discordLack of agreement
familiarity · sarcasm · cooling-off period · teasing · exasperation · interruption · quarrel · disagree · argue · tone · dispute · debate · banter · compromise · makeup sex · silent treatment · frustration · eye-roll
argue like a married couplesee eye to eye
Agree completely on something
finish each other's sentences · come to blows · fight like cats and dogs · agree to disagree
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