Like Fingernail and Dirt

We asked listeners around the world to send us their favorite phrases in their own languages.

And Pia Alarcón and Mauricio Rodriguez from Bogota, Colombia, sent us, son como uña y mugre, which means they’re like nail and dirt.

If you’re talking about a couple of people who are thick as thieves, they’re really close. They’re like fingernail and dirt.

Uña y mugre.

You don’t get much closer than that. That’s perfect.

Like fingernails and dirt.

Gracias, Pia y Mauricio, for the idiom. We thank you very much for that.

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Thank you.