We are close to February, which some people consider the love month because of Saint Valentine's Day.
There are lots of expressions and idioms that are used to talk about love and relationships and new ones are created everyday. Most of them come from songs. Here you have some in case you want to use them with the person you love.
LOVE EXPRESSIONS AND IDIOMS
- to have a soft spot for someone / to have a crush on someone = to be attracted to someone
- to love somebody to death = to have a extremely strong affection for someone
- to fall/ be head over heels in love = to be completely in love with someone as Alanis Morrisey said in her song "Head over Feet"
- to have the hots for…= to feel sexually attracted to someone
- to be the apple of your eye = to love someone deeply, this is what Stevie Wonder said to his daughter in his famous song " You are the Sunshine of my Life"
- To be an item / a couple= to be in a romantic relationship with someone.
- A match made in heaven = a very successful combination of two people or things
- someone or something is out of someone's league = someone / something is too good or expensive for someone to have
- to pop the question = to ask someone to marry you
How would you like to be asked to get married?
Listen to Bruno Mars in " Marrry me" and you'll get an idea.
- to tie the knot / to get hitched = to get married
FRIENDSHIP AND RELATIONSHIPS
- Birds of feather flock together = they have so much in common and they get along so well that it’s almost impossible to think of one without thinking of the other one. Like Annie, Brooke and Haydenin " Chicken Girls"
- A friend in
need is a friend indeed = You can use
it both as a cry for help and as a way of saying “thank you” to someone who has
stayed by your side through tough moments.
- to give someone the cold shoulder = to intentionally ignore someone or treat someone in an unfriendly way
- to be your ride or die = To be
very loyal to someone and to do whatever for someone you love.
like "Thelma and Louise"
or such as " Bonnie and Clyde", where this expression comes from. - to cross someone’s path = to come into contact with someone or something, often surprisingly or unexpectedly
- to have friends in high places to know important people who can help you get what you want
I hope you enjoy it as much as me writing this and now you can write at least five examples using them and leave them in comments.
