in someone's debt

English

Prepositional phrase

in someone's debt

1. Very grateful for something (a favor) that someone has done for one.
   • 1972 March 14, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather, spoken by Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), Paramount Pictures:

     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”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.