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View the updated web-version of the love idioms list in the table below.
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Love Idiom Worksheets for ESL Students
Fun Love Idiom Games for the Classroom
32 Idioms and Phrases About Love
*Updated: November 2021
Idiom / Phrase | Meaning | Example Sentence |
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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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