63 Metaphors for cousins

Cousins are invariably favorites.

After a spell of silence she inquired, "And is my good cousin Marianne quite well?" "Quite well," replied Mathieu.

His cousin George, too, was a guest, and his cousin George was the confidant of his love.

" "Gelsomina, thy cousin is a secret agent of the police, and unworthy of thy confidence" "Lady!"

And, cousin, this 'painted savage' is no savage if the arts of civilization which he learned at Dr. Wheelock's school count for anything.

My poor cousin Emma was just such another fool.

His big gray cousin is a looser animal, seemingly light enough to float on the wind; yet when leaping from limb to limb, or out of one tree-top to another, he sometimes halts to gather strength, as if making efforts concerning the upshot of which he does not always feel exactly confident.

Her cousin is Molly Brant, old Sir William's sweetheart, fled to Canada....

He himself was Chancellor, Minister-President, Foreign Minister, and Minister of Trade; his son was at the head of the Foreign Office and was used for the more important diplomatic missions; his cousin was Minister, of the Interior; in the management of the most critical affairs, he depended upon the assistance of his own family and secretaries.

All our American cousins are not Cutters and Pooles.

Your cousin, according to your account of him, was an uncommonly sharp man.

Cousin german to sorrow, is fear, or rather a sister, fidus Achates, and continual companion, an assistant and a principal agent in procuring of this mischief; a cause and symptom as the other.

"I think it is possible," came the slow reply; which after all gave Andy new cause for distrust; since his cousin was so cautious a fellow that he seldom if ever gushed over anything; at the same time he never expressed doubts when he felt positive.

I believe you once said, Mr. Allerdyke, that your cousin was a bit of a ladies' man?" "Bit that way inclined, was James," replied Allerdyke laconically.

When his cousin, the Earl of Halifax, was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, he was his secretary; and when Lord North was Chancellor of the Exchequer, he occupied the same position with him.

The Memoir says that, "by God's care of me, my cousin Sterne, of Elvington, became a father to me, and sent me to the University, &c., &c.;" and it is to be inferred from this that the benevolent guardianship of Sterne's uncle Richard (who died in 1732, the year before Laurence was admitted of Jesus College, Cambridge) must have been taken up by his son.

Her family were fairly well-to-do; her grandfather, Mr. Charles Smith, was a currier in Bermondsey; her cousin, also Charles Smith, was a clockmaker of repute in Bunhill Row.

And the old man will re-light his pipe, and with a sad smile he will give you the names of his ancestors, from his great "Grand-'ther" down to more modern times, when his fifth cousin Obed was a large ship-owner.

No, cousin, Fate and Time are merry jesters.

"This little French cousin of our's, Delarise, was my sister Mary's playfellow at Paris.

But cousin Julia and aunt Polly were enemies against whom it was necessary to assume whatever weapons might come to his hand.

"Cousins, you know!we are cousins, darling; but what a tremendous strength of arm you have!" "Try it again, sir!" said Miss Fanny, pouting, and pulling down her sleeve, which had mounted to her shoulder in the passage.

Cousin was a painter on glass, and certainly obtained a good reputation amongst his countrymen.

My good cousin and old friend, then Colonel, now General, Sir Charles Trollope, was at Venice that autumn.

She sighed; and it was evident to Ida that though her cousin John's "religion" might be some amusement to him, it was rather a bugbear and nuisance to his family.

63 Metaphors for  cousins