Thick as thieves

Posted by ESC on August 27, 2002

In Reply to: Thick as thieves posted by mgormaly on August 26, 2002

: Where does "thick as thieves" come from?

From the archives:

The Dictionary of Cliches by James Rogers (Ballantine Books, New York, 1985) says "thick as thieves" means "intimate, conspiratorially close." And it also refers to an 1833 quote -- from "The Parson's Daughter" by Theodore E. Hook. "She and my wife are thick as thieves, as the proverb goes."

• Thick as thieves James Briggs 08/27/02