2006-11-23 08:11:51 · 6 answers · asked by beetlebaby64 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
i mean the original meaning. was it from the bible, etc.?
2006-11-23 08:18:46 · update #1
It means that you are very close with someone. Example - if you have a very close friend you could say that the both of you are thicker than thieves.
2006-11-23 08:16:38 · answer #1 · answered by RACQUEL 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea ... there was also the saying black as midnight and thicker than thieves... i know now there is a movie with that title and also a band with the name.... I thick it has something to do with a bond
for example... my cousin and I were thicker than thieves but we don't talk very much anymore
2006-11-23 08:23:31 · answer #2 · answered by LoveLeighe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Thick" culturally refers to "blood". Blood is thicker than water. Blood and thick were used for "related by blood". Family members tend to stick together. Thieves in the past formed unions of sorts, or gangs. They stood by each other and did not "rat" on each other. They were like families. That's where the phrase, "thicker than thieves" comes from.
2006-11-23 08:29:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Thick" to me - is solid not necessarily large but definitely not skinny Some curves - but really "solid" comes to mind as the best synonym When I worked out, I was considered "thick" Today - more chunky
2016-05-23 00:00:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its an olde english proverb, from dickensian era, means everyone sticks together
2006-11-23 08:30:11 · answer #5 · answered by Dean B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT'S A NAME OF A ROCK BAND
2006-11-23 08:17:12 · answer #6 · answered by nadine 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋