Joined at the hip
adjective
inseparable
Usage Note
informal
adjective phrase
Very closely associated; inseparable; symbiotic: Weldon writes as if she were Virginia Woolf and Roseanne Arnold joined at the hip/ Frequently in the past, Main Street and Wall Street have had their differences, but today as never before they are joined at the hip
[1990s+; fr the condition of some Siamese twins]
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