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all the world loves a lover
Many people enjoy seeing someone who is happy and in love. I can't help but smile when I see a couple young and in love. All the world loves a lover, after all. A: "Is it true that all the world loves a lover? Because I want to punch those sappy jerks." B: "That's just because you're single."
alright me lover
A greeting associated with Bristol, England. Primarily heard in UK. A: "Alright me lover? How are you?" B: "Oh, just fine, and you?"
alright my lover
A greeting associated with Bristol, England. Primarily heard in UK. A: "Alright my lover? How are you?" B: "Oh, just fine, and you?"
lovers' lane
The generic name for a place, often one with a scenic view, that teenagers and young adults go to kiss and potentially engage in other sexual activity, typically in a car. If a boy takes you to lovers' lane, it's not because he wants to talk about the weather, OK? Oh my goodness, Ned, I think we found lovers' lane—look at all the kids making out in their cars!
See also: lane
star-crossed lovers
Two people in love who are forced to be apart by circumstances or influences outside of their control. A phrase popularized in its use by Shakespeare to describe the titular characters of his tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Any high school couple forced apart by where they go to college will likely feel like star-crossed lovers for the first week or so, and then realize that there's way more to life than an awkward adolescent romance.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
star-crossed lovers
ill-fated lovers. I suppose that Romeo and Juilet are star-crossed lovers.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
lovers' lane
A secluded road or area sought out by lovers seeking privacy. For example, The police loved to embarrass youngsters parked in lovers' lane. [Late 1800s]
See also: lane
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.