"joined at the hip" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1987 June, “The Jeffrey Show”, in Texas Monthly, volume 15, number 6, page 159",
          "text": "We're very close. In fact, we're joined at the hip.",
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          "ref": "2021 May 19, Christian Wolmar, “Resolving the Eurostar problem will benefit Britain...”, in RAIL, number 931, page 46",
          "text": "When people suggest to me that it would be best if politics were left out of the railways, I always point out that the two are joined at the hip. Throughout the near 200-year existence of the railways, there has never been a time when they have been free of political interference.",
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        "Closely connected, as in an intimate friendship."
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        "(idiomatic, informal) Closely connected, as in an intimate friendship."
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          "word": "live in each other's pockets"
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          "roman": "sǐdǎng",
          "sense": "closely connected, as in an intimate friendship",
          "word": "死党"
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          "roman": "rújiāosìqī",
          "sense": "closely connected, as in an intimate friendship",
          "word": "如胶似漆"
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          "sense": "closely connected, as in an intimate friendship",
          "word": "onafscheidelijk"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "closely connected, as in an intimate friendship",
          "word": "seurusteleva"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "closely connected, as in an intimate friendship",
          "word": "szétválaszthatatlanok"
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      "roman": "sǐdǎng",
      "sense": "closely connected, as in an intimate friendship",
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