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have_friends_in_high_places

friends in high places

English

Noun

friends in high places pl (plural only)

  1. (idiomatic) Friends who have authority or influence and who can ensure that one's interests will be protected or furthered.
    • 1913, E. Phillips Oppenheim, The Mischief Maker, ch. 10:
      "Herr Freudenberg himself has great friends here, friends in high places. He will see that nothing happens."
    • 1987 Nov. 30, "War Crimes: Long Road To Justice," Time (retrieved 18 May 2015):
      In recent years he was protected by friends in high places.
    • 2006 April 1, Phillip Alder, "On a Day Made for Tricks, Lots of Ways to Get Them All," New York Times (retrieved 18 May 2015):
      In Petrograd they were in great danger but had many friends in high places, and with money for bribes they avoided arrest.