on speaking terms

Meaning

on speaking terms

Acquainted and friendly; in a state where salutations and general remarks can be comfortably exchanged.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

If men do not keep on speaking terms with children, they cease to be men, and become merely machines for eating and for earning money. John Updike

I don't think Will Herondale and a sense of responsibility are even on speaking terms. Cassandra Clare

... the huge business of education is not on speaking terms with culture and such culture as we now have is not on speaking terms with reality. Frank Lloyd Wright

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms. Kahlil Gibran

Me and normal have never really been on speaking terms. Rachel Caine

Liam and Noel Gallagher 'are on speaking terms again after their children encouraged them to bury the hatchet' Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

on speaking terms

Close letter words and terms

on someone's good side on someone's side on song on spec on special on special offer