cement ties
to develop a close relationship
TRANSLATION
cement ties = eine Verbindung, Beziehung oder Zusammenarbeit festigen (DH) --- GOOGLE INDEX cement ties: approximately 48,000 hits
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Members of the Commerce Department and the U.S. Trade Representative are eager to CEMENT TIES with Singapore and give a boost to the ailing telecom sector…
(Wall Street Journal)
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The three agreements signed by the UAE and South Korea will help CEMENT TIES between the two emerging economies…
(Gulf News)
(Wall Street Journal)
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The three agreements signed by the UAE and South Korea will help CEMENT TIES between the two emerging economies…
(Gulf News)
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cement ties
verb phrase
- to form a close relationship, usually in business or politics.
(DH)
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WORD ORIGIN
Cementing ties is a figure of speech based on the verb "to cement", meaning to bind or adhere, and the noun "ties", which refers to a connection such as in a relationship. Thus to "cement ties" means to develop a firm relationship. The phrase is used primarily to describe business partnerships between companies and economic or diplomatic relationships between countries.
Not all reports that we hear about two countries "cementing ties" make sense on the surface. Former enemies sometimes become friends, or at least agree to sufficiently tolerate one another. Such was the situation between the United States and North Vietnam, two countries that established diplomatic relations for the first time in 1995.
Sometimes politics can bring together people who otherwise have little in common, thus lending credence to the phrase "politics makes strange bedfellows." This saying was adapted from Shakespeare’s play The Tempest. After being shipwrecked, a man finds himself seeking shelter beside a sleeping monster, prompting him to muse:
"Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows."
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"The aim of the trip is to cement ties with local government officials in the Middle East and Africa in order to streamline the regulatory approval process."
verb phrase
- to form a close relationship, usually in business or politics.
(DH)
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WORD ORIGIN
Cementing ties is a figure of speech based on the verb "to cement", meaning to bind or adhere, and the noun "ties", which refers to a connection such as in a relationship. Thus to "cement ties" means to develop a firm relationship. The phrase is used primarily to describe business partnerships between companies and economic or diplomatic relationships between countries.
Not all reports that we hear about two countries "cementing ties" make sense on the surface. Former enemies sometimes become friends, or at least agree to sufficiently tolerate one another. Such was the situation between the United States and North Vietnam, two countries that established diplomatic relations for the first time in 1995.
Sometimes politics can bring together people who otherwise have little in common, thus lending credence to the phrase "politics makes strange bedfellows." This saying was adapted from Shakespeare’s play The Tempest. After being shipwrecked, a man finds himself seeking shelter beside a sleeping monster, prompting him to muse:
"Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows."
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"The aim of the trip is to cement ties with local government officials in the Middle East and Africa in order to streamline the regulatory approval process."
