Vocubulary: Idioms 2 Flashcards
(18 cards)
To be completely in love
Head over heals
To experience a lot of problems in a period of your life
A rough patch
To get married
Tie the knot
To get on really well with someone
Getting on like a house on fire
To make someone become suddenly and completely in love with you
Swept off her/his feet
To start off badly with someone
Got off on the wrong feet
Showing love for each other in public by touching each other and saying loving things
Lovey-dovey
To be very sexually attracted to someone
Has got the hots
To face a though time in a relationship
A rough patch
To keep someone at a distance
Keeping her/him at arm’s lenght
To propose marriage
Pop the question
Someone you used to be in a relationship with
Old flame
To suddenly become too frightened to do something you had planned to do, especially something important as getting married
Got cold feet
To have romantic feelings for someone (often without that person knowing)
Carrying a torch
To be inseparable
Joined at the hip
To ignore someone on purpose or treat them in a deliberately unfriendly or unkind way
Giving me the cold shoulder
Someone’s romantic partner, especially in the early stages of the relationship
Main squeeze
To feel that you like someone very much
Soft spot
