connected at the hip
Constantly side-by-side
Connected at the hip describes two people who are inseparable, always together or in constant contact.
The image is of conjoined twins sharing a hip joint.
The phrase usually carries a slight edge—implying the closeness is excessive or codependent: Those two have been connected at the hip since freshman year.
Also joined at the hip.
- interdependentRelying on one another
- inseparableUnable to be divided
- joined at the hipExtremely close, always together
- reliantRequiring external support
- linkedFastened to another
two peas in a pod · close-knit · intimate · ride or die · symbiotic · bonded · coupled · joined · partners in crime · tethered · attached · attached at the hip · devoted · fused · supportive · mutualistic · thick as thieves · collaborative
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Separated by emotional distance
distant · separated · worlds apart · strangers · disconnected
connected at the hipindependent
Free from external control
autonomous · self-sufficient · self-reliant · unattached · free agents
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