Saturday, October 27, 2012

Love Idioms



ask for someone's hand in marriage - ask someone to marry you

attracted to - feel a physical or emotional attraction to

blind date - a date where the two people have never met

break someone's heart - cause someone emotional pain

Chagall, Blue Lndscape
break up - end a relationship

crazy about - think that another person is wonderful

dig someone - like someone a lot

dump someone - end a relationship

fall for (someone) - fall in love with someone

fall in love (with someone) - begin to feel love for someone

find Mr. Right - find the right or perfect person

get back together - return to a relationship

get engaged - decide to marry someone

get hitched - get married

get serious - a relationship becomes serious and long-term

go dutch - a date where each person pays half

good together - two people who get along well

go steady - date one person regularly

have a crush - have strong feelings of love for someone

have a thing for - be attracted and care a lot about someone

hit it off (with someone) - get along well with someone

hung up on someone - be obsessed with another person

interested in - have a romantic interest in someone

kiss and makeup - become friends again after a fight or argument

made for each other - two people who get along extremely well

make eyes at someone - look at someone in a way that makes it clear that you like that person and find them attractive

make up - when two people forgive each other after an argument

Lovers over Saint-Paul
a match made in heaven - a couple who get along perfectly

on the rocks - a relationship experiencing problems

the one (for someone) - the right partner

one and only - the only person that one loves

patch up a relationship - repair a broken relationship

pop the question - ask someone to marry you

seeing someone - be dating someone on a regular basis

set a date - decide on a date for a wedding

settle down - establish a regular routine after getting married

Chagall, The Three Candles
split up - two people decide to end their relationship

steal someone's heart - cause someone to fall in love with you

those three little words - the words "I love you"

tie the knot - get married

walk down the aisle together - get married

walk out on - abandon your partner and end a relationship

whisper sweet nothings - in someone's ear

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