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Is only attracted to

only has eyes for

Loves very much

Loves someone to bits

The perfect partner

The woman/men of his/her dreams

Fell deeply in love

Fell head over heels in love

got on very well

got on like a house on fire

I am fond of

I have a soft spot for

Informal: annoys me

Gets up my nose/ gets on my wick/ gets on my nerves/ gets my back up

Is an expert

Knows what's what

Is an expert in his field

Knows his stuff

The most intelligent person in the company

The brains behind

rich source of information

A mine of information

intelligence, brains

Grey matter

is very clever

Nobody's fool

have no idea

have no clue / the foggiest (idea)

Has inside knowledge

Someone's in the know

Talks well and persuasively

Has the gift of the gab

could talk for hours

Could talk the hind legs off a donkey

Someone who shows off their cleverness in an irritating way

Know-all / smart aleck

Is extremely stupid

Has got nothing between the ears / is as thick as two short planks

You have to explain things to him several times

He is slow on the uptake

Is not stupid

Wasn't born yesterday

Deceive him

Pull the wool over his eyes

Can't understand

Can't make head or tail

stupid

He is one sandwich short of a picnic

Formal: indicating stupidity

He's one cell short of a battery/ one slice short of a loaf / several bricks short of a load

to be extremely happy

To be on top of the world / on cloud nine / In seventh heaven/ over the moon

to be ideally suited for

to be in (your) element / to be made for

be enthusiastic about

to rave about

To look irritatingly pleased with yourself

to look like the cat that got the cream

To be depressed

to be down in the dumps / down in the mouth

to give someone the information that is needed to understand something

to put someone in the picture

to think very highly of someone

to think the world of someone

to look extremely unhappy, depressed, or wretched

to look as miserable as sin

to immediately get along with someone well

to hit it off

Extremely happy or excited

to be walking on air

to allow a secret to be known, usually without intending to

to let the cat out of the bag

to make a secret plan or activity known

to give the game away