in someone's debt

in someone's debt

English

Prepositional phrase

in someone's debt

1. Very grateful for something (a favor) that someone has done for one.
   • 1972 March 14, Mario Puzo & Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather, Paramount Pictures, spoken by Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando):

     You never wanted my friendship and you were afraid to be in my debt.

Translations

very grateful for something

Chinese: Mandarin: 欠某人人情 (qiàn mǒurén rénqíng) Norwegian: Bokmål: i gjeld til Nynorsk: i gjeld til

References

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