UNIT 5: IDIOMS

An/(one’s) old flame

One’s former lover

Steal one’s heart

To captivate one; to instill in one a deep affection or love

The man/woman/thing of (one’s) dream

The ideal person or thing that one has hoping or longing for. When discussing a person, it refers to an ideal romantic partner

Head over the heels in love

Completely in love with another person

Break one’s heart

To make someone who loves you very sad, usually by telling that person you have stopped loving them

A change of heart

If you have a vhange of heart, you change your opinion or way you feel about something

Wear (one’s) heart on (one’s) sleeve

To show one’s feelings clearly an openly by one’s behavior

See eye to eye

If two people see eye to eye, they agree with each other

All’s fair in love and war

A phrase use to justify behavior thta coul be conidered unsavory, unethical, or unfair

Be the bee’s knee

To be excellent or of an an extremely high standard

Donkey’s years

A very long time

Bury the hatchet

To stop an argument and become friends again

The apple of one’s eye

The person who loves most an is very proud of

The black sheep in the family

A person who has done something ba that brings embarrassment or shame to his or her family

Play hard to get

To act as if one is uninterested in or shy around someone who is expressing sexual or romantic interest, especially as a means of making oneself more attractive to them

Like putty in one’s hand

To be easy to control or bend to one’s wishes

Drive somebody (a)round the bend

To ake someone very bored or very angry

Tie the knot

To get married

Be in clover

To live without finacial stress

Blood is thocker than blood

Family is more important than anything else