in someone's debt

English

Prepositional phrase

in someone's debt

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

in someone's debt at OneLook Dictionary Search

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