the course of true love never did run smooth
the course of true love never did run smooth
Lovers will inevitably face problems or challenges. The phrase comes from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. A: "I can't believe my boyfriend is going to school 3,000 miles away." B: "Well, the course of true love never did run smooth."
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course of true love never did run smooth
Prov. People in love with each other often have to overcome difficulties in order to be together. (From Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream.) Jill: What am I going to do? My boyfriend's job is transferring him to Texas, and I have to stay here. Jane: The course of true love never did run smooth.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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"Shakespeare said
the course of true love never did run smooth and I had a sense it had to be painful.
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THEY say
the course of true love never did run smooth, and for one couple it certainly didn't along the Black Country Route.
THE course of true love never did run smooth - not even on Valentine's Day.
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