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Download the Love Idioms List & PDF Worksheets
View the updated web-version of the love idioms list in the table below.
The idiom worksheets and games are also free to download.
- Download and print the PDFs.
- Use the materials for interactive learning activities in class.
- Students can also complete the worksheets to review or for self-study.
Love Idiom Worksheets for ESL Students
Worksheet A: Defining Idioms & Writing Sentences with Idioms
Worksheet B: Reading Idioms in Context & Describing Meanings
Fun Love Idiom Games for the Classroom
Love Idioms Checklist (for BINGO)
32 Idioms and Phrases About Love
*Updated: November 2021
| Idiom / Phrase | Meaning | Example Sentence |
|---|---|---|
| apple of my eye | an adored person | My precious daughter is the apple of my eye. |
| ask out | ask someone on a date | Bobby asked her out, but she decided to stay home and do laundry. |
| be an item | be a couple | Apparently, Tiffany and Tim are an item. I always see them together. |
| be nuts about | really enjoy | She is nuts about her new boyfriend. |
| beauty is in the eye of the beholder | everyone has different preferences for what is attractive | Ella likes guys with big beards. Her girlfriends say to her that beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder. |
| blind date | dating someone you have never met | I don't like blind dates because I want to know what she looks like first. |
| double dating | two couples dating at the same time | My friend always goes on double dates and likes getting attention from both guys. |
| drive someone crazy | make someone annoyed or feel madly in love | She drives me crazy. I don't know if I should buy her another diamond or get a divorce. |
| get hitched | get married | We got hitched last month. Didn't you get the wedding invitation? |
| go steady | date each other | I asked her to go steady, but she dated Joe instead. |
| have the hots for | to be attracted to someone | Mary had the hots for George, so she wrote him a love letter. |
| head over heels | to be deeply in love | Sarah was head over heels for her new boyfriend. |
| heart goes out to | feel sympathy | My heart goes out to Sara. She spent years fighting cancer. |
| heavy heart | sadness | She left him with a heavy heart. |
| joined at the hip | inseparable | Jane and Joe are joined at the hip. |
| leave at the altar | decide not to marry at the last minute | Her fiance left her at the altar and moved to Fiji. |
| love is blind | love makes someone blind to their partner's imperfections | Love is certainly blind. Tom is very attracted to a girl who eats on the toilet. |
| love rat | someone who cheats on their partner | Hank is such a love rat. This is the tenth girl I've seen him with this week. |
| lovey-dovey | kissing and hugging | Kate really hates it when couples are lovey-dovey in public. |
| make love | sex | Frank wanted to make love in the tent, but his wife wanted a hotel room. |
| no love lost | mutual dislike | There is no love lost between Donald and Hillary. |
| on cloud nine | very happy | Elizabeth was on cloud nine when she put on the diamond ring. |
| on the mend | restore or recover | Their relationship is now on the mend after going to counseling. |
| on the rocks | near the end | Their relationship is on the rocks. They'll probably break up soon. |
| pop the question | ask someone to get married | He popped her the big question during their vacation. |
| puppy love | teenager romantic love | It was just puppy love during high school but they broke up in university. |
| through thick and thin | in good and bad times | He loved his wife through thick and thin. |
| throw it in her | have sex with her | You should throw it in her. I think she really wants you. |
| tie the knot | get married | Are you ever going to tie the knot? You aren't getting any younger. |
| to fancy someone | to think someone is very attractive | Do you fancy Molly? She likes you too. |
| walk out on someone | to end a relationship | My girlfriend walked out on me, so I drank a bottle of vodka. |
| whisper sweet nothings | to say romantic things to someone | Sue likes it when I whisper sweet nothings in her ear in bed. |
Extra Examples of Love Idioms in Use
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