head over heels

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head over heels (in love)

to be in love with someone very much It's obvious that they're head over heels in love with each other.

Usage notes: often used with fall to describe the beginning of a relationship: They met at a nightclub and instantly fell head over heels for one another.

See also: head, heel

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When the church came to itself - for he was so sudden and strong that he made it go head over heels before me, and I saw the steeple under my feet - when the church came to itself, I say, I was seated on a high tombstone, trembling, while he ate the bread ravenously. Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context The poor Scarecrow went whirling through the air and so cleverly was he aimed that he struck Ojo's back and sent the boy tumbling head over heels, and he tripped Dorothy and sent her, also, sprawling upon the ground. The Patchwork Girl of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context I needed exercise, so I employed my agent in setting stranded logs and dead trees adrift, and I sat on a boulder and watched them go whirling and leaping head over heels down the boiling torrent. A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context			He who laughs last, laughs longest He who pays the piper calls the tune He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom He will get his head head and shoulders above head and shoulders above [the others rest etc.] head at head away from head back head for head for tall timber head for the hills head for the last roundup head in head into head off head off at the pass head off to head on head on a plate head out head out after head over heels head over heels in debt head over heels in love head to toe head toward head up headed headed for headline heads or tails heads up Heads up! heads will roll heal heal of heal over heal up health heap heap of heap on heap sight heap up heap with hear hear a peep out of			head off head off head off at the pass head off at the pass head off at the pass head off at the pass head off at the pass head off to Head Office Head Office Head Office Computer System Head Office Processing System Head Office System Head On Head On (film) Head On (film) Head On (movie) Head On (movie) head on a plate head on a platter Head on Radio Network Head on Skin On Head only Head only Head only Head only head organ head out head out after Head over Feet head over heels Head over Heels (album) Head Over Heels (film) Head over Heels (song) head over heels in debt head over heels in love Head pain Head pain Head pain Head Pain Association of Michigan head parking Head pence Head phones Head phones Head phones Head Phones President head picking head picking head picking head picking head piece Head Pixie head plate head plate Head Post Office head posture head posture head posture head posture Head Posture Spinal Curvature Instrument Head Prefect

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