Re: thick as thieves

From: KaGu:-} (_at_falsa.falsa)
Date: 03/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:58:18 GMT

Pardon for asking, but does "thick as thieves" mean something like "stick
together as straw and clay in a brick" (Swedish: hänga ihop som ler och
långhalm) I.e. a gang that are "thick as thieves" is a team that will not
break up by any reason?

KaGu:-}

"Jacques Guy" <jguy@alphalink.com.au> skrev i meddelandet
news:42464b3e$1@news.alphalink.com.au...
> Robert Tucker wrote:
>
>> "to be as thick as thieves" - "s'entendre comme larrons en foire"
>
> That is exactly right. So perhaps they should call themselves
> "Les larrons en foire".
>
> I have another suggestion:
>
> "Les moines de Saint-Bernardin".
>
> Why? Because they were thick as thieves:
>
> "http://www.remede.org/spip/article643.html"

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