rub elbows 成语
rub elbows
work beside, associate with Fran and I used to rub elbows when we worked at the fish plant.
rub elbows or shoulders with someone
be in the same place (with others), meet and mix with others We went to the party in order to rub shoulders with some interesting artists.
rub elbows/shoulders
be in the same place (with others), meet and mix At the party we were able to rub elbows with many important people.
rub elbows|elbow|elbows|rub|rub shoulders
v. phr. To be in the same place (with others); meet and mix.
City people and country people, old and young, rub elbows at the horse show. On a visit to the United Nations Building in New York, you may rub elbows with people from faraway lands.
rub elbows with
rub elbows with Also,
rub shoulders with. Mix or socialize with, as in
There's nothing like rubbing elbows with the rich and famous, or
At the reception diplomats were rubbing shoulders with heads of state. Both of these terms allude to being in close contact with someone. [Mid-1800s]
rub elbows
To collaborate or admix with a being or group. I don't appetite to go to the bright tonight, but my wife is acquisitive to rub elbows with the high class. I've been abrading elbows all night, and now I'd like to aloof accept some quiet time.Learn more: elbow, rubrub elbows (with someone)
and rub amateur with someoneFig. to accessory with someone; to assignment carefully with someone. (No concrete acquaintance is involved.) I don't affliction to rub elbows with addition who acts like that! I rub amateur with John at work. We are acceptable friends.Learn more: elbow, rubrub
elbows/shoulders To mix or associate closely: diplomats abrading elbows with active of state.