Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

friends in high places

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

Syllables: friend-s in high- -places
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

""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"

Phrases

it's not what you know but who you know ride the coattails

Frequently Paired Words

cronyism it's not what you know but who you know nepotism ride the coattails

Antonyms

friends in low places

Questions

What does friends in high places mean?: Friends who have authority or influence and who can ensure that one's interests will be protected or furthered.

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