Love is in the air on Valentine’s day this week. What
comes to your mind first when you think of love and care? Candlelight dinner
with a bunch of roses? Sweet chocolate for your loved ones? Otherwise, staying
active at the gym working out together? All is good as long as you can reach
your loved ones’ heart. 😊
This week, let us go over some interesting idiomatic expressions
related to love. (source from https://7esl.com/love-idioms/)
1.
to hang
the Moon: to idealize someone; to think someone is capable of
enormously difficult acts/ to think that somebody is extremely wonderful,
amazing, or good
2.
to
carry a torch for someone: to continue to be in love with someone
even after the relationship is over or has ended
3.
to
have the hots for someone: to be attracted to someone
4.
to
fall for something/someone hook, line, and sinker: a
phrase stated after something or someone has been easily fooled or deceived or
lured in. This expression has its roots in fishing lingo, referring to a fish having
fallen for the bait easily, swallowing the hook, the fishing line, and the sinker
along with it.
5.
to kiss
and make up: to make peace after an argument
6.
love
rat:
somebody who cheats on his or her partner
7.
May-December
Marriage or Romance: a May-December Romance or Marriage is an
instance of the romantic involvement of the two parties between whom there is a
considerable age difference. Quite oftentimes, one individual has an ulterior materialistic
motive, such as money or status, etc.
8.
Old flame: an
ex boyfriend or ex girlfriend
9.
to whisper
sweet nothings: to whisper a complementary statement with
no real substance (i.e., meaningless romantic utterances) into the ear of a
significant other
10.
to
be smitten (with someone): to be madly in love; affected by
something/ someone overwhelming; made irrationally enthusiastic
Time
to test how well you got the meaning of each idiom listed above!!!
1.
Jina has found herself totally
_________________ with Tim lately. From sun-up till midnight, all she thinks
about is Tim.
2.
As far as I heard, Laura and Quincy broke up two
months ago, but it seems Laura’s still carrying a ______________________ for
him.
3.
Wow, I could feel that love is in the air
today. Everywhere I go grab a bite of something, lovers lean across the table, whispering
_________________________ in each other’s ear. I wonder how many of those items
are truly deeply in love. Haha…
4.
A:Are you still seeing Frank?
B: Nope, he’s my
________________________ now. We broke up last Christmas.
5.
Pete and Danny had always been arguing over
political issues for all those years, but now they decided to ___________ and
_________________, putting all their political differences aside.
6.
A: OMG!!! Have you heard that Humphrey has
popped the question to that 25-year-old girl?
B: Are you kidding me? Humphrey is 55 years
old!!! Wow…I can’t believe that I’m gonna witness a ____________________________ marriage around
me!
7.
You always think highly of Willie and he hung
_____________________________, but I beg to differ. He is not that kind of
gentleman in your imagination.
8.
A: You’re way too gullible! Your teammate
Gary told you a complete lie, and you took his word for it?
B: I didn’t know that I fell for his scheme
hook, ____________, and _______________.
9.
A: Everybody in this fitness training program
has the ________________ for the coach.
B: Wow…wish I could tell the members
that the coach is a womanizer. Yup, he even cheated on his wife three years ago
and got divorced.
A: Geeeez….he must be a
____________________!
Answer
Keys
1. smitten
2. torch
3. sweet nothings
4. old flame
5. kiss and make up
6. May-December
7. the Moon
8. line, sinker
9. hots, love rat
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