fights like a married couple
Squabbles over nothing
To fight like a married couple is to bicker or squabble in a way that suggests long familiarity—petty grievances, interrupting each other, rehashing old complaints.
The phrase usually describes two people who aren't actually married but whose arguing has an intimate, comfortable quality: Those two fight like a married couple.
It often implies affection beneath the friction.
- squabblingArguing over trivialities
- bickeringPetty verbal sparring
- sibling rivalryCompetition between children sharing parents
- nitpickingExcessive focus on trivialities
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
tension · silent treatment · stubbornness · codependency · shared history · making up · reconciliation · passive-aggressiveness · unresolved issues · airing dirty laundry · companionship · love-hate · negotiation · cohabitation · domestic bliss · partnership · intimacy · friendship
fights like a married coupleconflict-free
Having no opposition present
thick as thieves · two peas in a pod · sees eye to eye · simpatico · on the same wavelength
fights like a married couplelike two peas in a pod
Extremely alike pair
thick as thieves · in sync · soul mates · on the same wavelength · simpatico
fights like a married coupleat each other's throats
irreconcilable differences · scorched earth · fighting to the death · no holds barred · blood feud
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