Meaning of friends in high places | Babel Free

Definitions

Friends who have authority or influence and who can ensure that one's interests will be protected or furthered.

idiomatic, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“"Herr Freudenberg himself has great friends here, friends in high places. He will see that nothing happens."”

“In recent years he was protected by friends in high places.”

“Being far from the distant throne, we little people need more important people to plead our cause and obtain spiritual and material blessings. We need friends in high places, so to speak. Because she is the Mother of the Lord, Mary is the most powerful intercessor of all, obtaining gifts that might otherwise be denied.”

“In Petrograd they were in great danger but had many friends in high places, and with money for bribes they avoided arrest.”

“I walk into the corner of my room / See my friends in high places / I don't know which is which or who is whom / They've stolen each other's faces”

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