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Relationships - Coggle Diagram
Relationships
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Types of relationship
best friends
a good friend
acquaintance
housemates
ex
steady relationship
partner
colleagues
parents-in-law
mate
Internet relationship
acquire friends
list of contacts
invite people to become your friends
accept new friends
interact with your friends by
share photos and tag
unfriend / defriend
Idioms
Life and experience
Provebs
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Actions speak louder than words
There's no point / It's no good crying over spilt milk
Don't put all your eggs in one basket
Many hands make light work
Blood is thicker than water
Half proverbs
Too many cooks - spoil the broth
People who live in glass houses - shouldn't throw stones
It's the last straw - that breaks the camel's
While the cat's away, - the mice will play
Take care of the pennies - and the pounds will take care of themselves
Birds of a feather - flock together
A bird in the hand - is worth two in the bush
The grass is always - on the other side of the fence
All work and no play - makes Jack a dull boy
Human relationships
Good relationships
be in someone's good books
get on like a house on fire
keep/get/be/stay in touch with someone
make it up to someone
take a shine to someone
have a soft spot for someone
Difficult relationships
be at loggerheads
be (talking) at cross-purposes
have it in for someone
have it out with someone
rub someone up the wrong way
two-time someone
keep someone/something at bay
keep yourself to yourself
Friendship
make friends
strike up a friendship
form / develop a friendship
cement / spoil a friendship
a friendship grows
close / special friends
mutual friends
a casual acquaintance
have a good relationship with someone
keep in contact / touch
lose contact / touch
Phrases and idioms for relationships and dating
get on well with each other
don't see eye to eye
fallen out with
having an affair
make it up
seeing each other
got together
make friends
Family relationship
nuclear family
extended family
close relatives / family
distant relatives
second cousins
immediate family
blood relative
close-knit family
loving family
respectable family
dysfunctional family
late husband / wife
estranged husband / wife
trial separation
get a divorce
a bitter / acrimonious divorce
ex-husband / ex-wife
a broken home
a stable home
a deprived home
a confirmed bachelor
Parents and children
start a family
have a children
expect a baby
have a baby
the baby is due
single parent / mother
raise / bring up children / a family
apply for custody of
give / grant custody
provide for your family
set up home
More than friends
fell madly in love with
love at first sight
the love of my life
love was returned
was desperately in love
make a commitment
accepted his proposal
love each other unconditionally
having an affair