竹ちく馬ばの友とも

expression, noun

childhood friend; old playmate

Idiomatic expression for a close friend from childhood, often with nostalgic or literary overtones.

• 彼かれとは竹ちく馬ばの友ともで、幼よう稚ち園えんの頃ころからずっと一いっ緒しょだ。

  He and I are childhood friends; we've been together since kindergarten.