肝胆

かんたん【肝胆】

¶我々は～相照らす仲だ

We understand each other well.

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かんたん【肝胆】

●肝胆相照らす仲である be quite in sympathy with each other; be inseparable [great] friends like Damon and Pythias [David and Jonathan]

・肝胆相照らして語り合う have a heart-to-heart talk 《with…》; exchange confidences 《with…》.

●肝胆を砕く rack [cudgel] one's brains

・肝胆を寒からしめる strike terror [dread] into sb's heart.