Relationships
be on first-name terms
know someone well enough to use their first name
If you are on first-name terms with someone, you know them well enough to call them by their first name.
Hear it in real life
Do you call your lecturer by her first name?
Yes, we're on first-name terms now.
I'm on first-name terms with the owner of the small bookshop near my flat.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I'm in first-name terms with my manager.
Say: I'm on first-name terms with my manager.
The fixed phrase uses "on," not "in."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be on first-name terms with someone
Your turn: say it out loud
I'm on first-name terms with the owner of the small bookshop near my flat.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
be on first-name terms
know someone well enough to use their first name
“I'm on first-name terms with the owner of the small bookshop near my flat.”
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