like one of the family

as if someone (or a pet) were a member of one's family. We treat our dog like one of the family. We are very happy to have you stay with us, Bill. I hope you don't mind if we treat you like one of the family.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Harmon	HAHR-mən	English
Juan (1)	HWAHN (Spanish), JOO-ahn (Manx)	Spanish, Manx
Doru	-	Romanian
Roy	ROI (Scottish, English)	Scottish, English, Dutch
Evgeni	yev-GYE-nee (Russian), eev-GYE-nee (Russian)	Bulgarian, Russian
Saija	SIE-yah	Finnish