| Idiom |
Wyjaśnienie |
| a marriage of convenience |
when two people get married not because they love each other, but because they can gain something, for example when a non citizen marries a Canadian so that they can stay in Canada. |
| a match made in heaven |
a couple who get along perfectly |
| a shotgun wedding |
a wedding that happens quickly and suddenly because the woman is pregnant; the couple wants to be married before the baby is born. |
| an open marriage |
a marriage in which the husband and wife are free to have sex with other people! |
| ask for (someone's) hand in marriage |
to ask someone to marry you |
| blind date |
a date where the two people have never met before |
| break (someone's) heart |
to cause someone emotional pain, to make someone feel very sad or disappointed |
| fall for (someone) |
to begin to feel love for someone |
| fall in love (with someone) |
to begin to experience feelings of love for someone |
| find Mr. Right |
to find the right person or the perfect person to marry |
| find the right girl/guy |
to find the right partner, to find the person you want to marry |
| get along with (someone) |
to have a good relationship with someone |
| get back together |
to return to a relationship or marriage after separating |
| get hitched |
to get married |
| get serious (with someone) |
to become more serious in a romantic relationship with someone |
| give (someone or something) a second chance |
to try to save a relationship by forgiving and welcoming the other person back (usually after a fight or a breakup) |
| go Dutch |
to go on a date where each person pays half of the expenses |
| go out with (someone) |
to go on a date with someone, to be dating someone |
| go steady with (someone) |
to date one person regularly (not so common recently but at one time this expression was used often by teenagers) |
| good together |
to be able to get along well with each other |
| have a crush on (someone) |
to have strong feelings of love for someone (often for a short time and with no results) |
| have a thing for (someone) |
to be attracted to someone, to be interested in someone |
| have a thing going with (someone) |
to have a romantic relationship with someone |
| head over heels in love with (someone) |
to be very much in love with someone, to be completely in love with someone |
| hit it off (with someone) |
to get along well with someone (from the first time that you meet that person |
| hung up on (someone) |
to be obsessed with another person, to be interested in another person |
| love at first sight |
to fall in love with someone or something the first time that you see him or her or it |
| made for each other |
to get along extremely well with another person |
| make eyes at (someone) |
to flirt with someone, to look at someone to try and attract him or her |
| make up |
to resolve a quarrel, to forgive someone after an argument |
| on the rocks |
to be in a state of difficulty, to be having problems (usually used for a relationship) |
| patch up a relationship |
to repair a broken relationship |
| pop the question |
to ask someone to marry you |
| puppy love |
strong feelings of love (infatuation) between school |
| take one's vows |
to get married and take your wedding vows or make your wedding promises |
| the one for (someone) |
the right partner, the right person to marry |
| those three little words |
the three words "I love you" |
| tie the knot |
to get married |
| walk down the aisle together |
to get married (in this case in a church where the bride walks down the aisle to the altar) |
| walk out on (someone) |
to abandon your partner and end a relationship |
| whisper sweet nothings in (someone's) ear |
to say romantic or intimate things to someone |
