kissing cousins
Closely related things
Kissing cousins are relatives distant enough that romantic involvement wouldn't be scandalous—close enough to kiss hello, distant enough to kiss otherwise.
The phrase extends to things that are similar or closely related without being identical: Spanish and Portuguese are kissing cousins among Romance languages.
- intimateClosely personal or private
- blood relativesFamily by birth
- relativesThose connected by blood
- relationsConnections or dealings
- familiesRelated people living together
close relations · siblings · analogy · parallelism · family resemblance · clans · resemblance · likeness · consanguinity · overlap · affinities · taboo · counterpart · birds of a feather · similarity · uncle · aunt · look-alike
kissing cousinspolar opposites
Maximally opposed counterparts
complete strangers · worlds apart · unrelated · apples and oranges · chalk and cheese
kissing cousinssworn enemies
Adversaries committed to opposition
strangers · feuding families · at odds · adversaries · alienated
kissing cousinsidentical twins
Siblings from one zygote
one and the same · carbon copies · dead ringers · indistinguishable · interchangeable
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