be sweet on (one)

be sweet on (one)

To be smitten with or enamored of one. I think Samantha is a little sweet on her older sister's boyfriend. What about you, Tommy—anyone in school you're sweet on?

See also: on, sweet

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sweet on, be

Enamored of, in love with, as in I think Barbara's sweet on Nick. This colloquial idiom was first recorded in 1740.

See also: sweet

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