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
Nuala	NOO-ə-lah	Irish
Ezhil	-	Tamil
BÁRa	-	Czech
Alexei	ah-lyek-SYAY (Russian), ah-leek-SYAY (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
ÙIsdean	-	Scottish
Thea	TE-ah (German), THEE-ə (English)	German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, English