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Expressions on Love, Marriage and Family I. Love 1. Nouns/noun phrases Love-birds 热恋中的情人 old flame 旧情人 rival in love 情敌 The third arm 第三者 Platonic love 精神恋爱 Puppy love早恋/少男少女间短暂的爱 first love初恋 later-life love黄昏恋 Love at first sight Infatuation?（尤指一时的）热恋，痴迷 Love-hate relationship 爱恨交加的关系 unrequited love暗恋 one-sided love 单相思 lovesicknessLove triangle 三角恋爱 Mutual attraction 相互吸引 Blind date 相亲 one night stand 一夜情 Love token 定情信物 Love letter 情书 2. verb phrases hook up 介绍 take?a?shine?to?sb. 一见倾心 Hit it off投缘 Fall in love with Be in love with Pull one’s heartstrings 打动心弦 Be into sb 为某人深深着迷 Have a crush on sb. 迷恋某人 dig (someone) 非常喜欢（某人） drool over (someone) 痴迷（某人） I’m all over you. 我喜欢你 See people, seeing people 约会搞对象，在找对象 Go steady with 关系稳定下来，即恋爱 Fickle?朝三暮四 Flirt with play hard-to-get 欲擒故纵 Stand… up 放某人鸽子 Date another girl on the side 脚踏两条船 I’m over you. 我不喜欢你了 The chemistry isn’t there. 不来电 Have a falling out with 分手 Be crossed in love?失恋 Lose one’s love 失恋 3. djectives lovey-dovey: to be very affectionate towards another person. This is often used in a negative way. 过于情意绵绵的 Lovelorn 失恋的，为情所困的，害相思病的 Fancy sick 害相思病的 4. dioms The torch of Hymen 爱情 tug of love 爱之拔河，争夺孩子的监护权 play Cupid: to arrange for two people to meet, hoping that they will fall in love with each other 扮演红娘的角色 Fall head over heels：when someone is totally in love and is excited about it 深深爱上某人，爱得神魂颠倒 All’s fair in love and war: In some situations, such as when you are in love or waging war, you are allowed to be deceitful in order to get what you want. 在爱情和战争中，一切都情有可原。 Love in a cottage 清贫而和谐的婚姻或爱情生活 On the rocks 恋情告急/恋情出现危机 Beauty is in the eyes of the lover 情人眼里出西施 catch one’s heart, never be apart. 愿得一人心，白首不相离 II. Marriage 1. noun phrases single/bachelor 单身汉 single woman /bachelorette 单身女郎 Celibate独身主义者 finance(husband-to-be) 未婚夫 financee(wife-to-be) 未婚妻 intended wife 未婚妻 couple-to-be 未婚夫妻 matchmaker 月老 marriage go-between 媒人 suitor 求婚者 Engagement groomsman/bes