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From: Enrico C <enrico.c@spamcop.net>
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Subject: [Idioms #7] Talking about Love
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 20:57:18 +0100
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I have under my nose a list of idioms about love, but I don't know
what they exactly mean.
"Tell her how much you enjoy sports, if you want to get to first base
with her."
"What Guy Will Fall Head Over Heels In Love With You?"
"She has always been able to wrap her boyfriend around her little
finger."
Hmmm... let's find out!
"Get to first base with someone" doesn't necessarily mean you are
playing baseball with your sweetheart, I guess :)
Wayne Magnuson gives an example of *not* getting first base
"He was hoping for a kiss, but he didn't get to first base."
So, I think you get to first base when the person you desire
reciprocates your feelings, gives you her/his first kiss, or something
like that!
"Fall head over heels in love" must be when you like someone so much
that you feel dizzy, I think!
In short, you've got a crush for her, or him!
Here is a test from the Net that gives a clue as to what "falling head
over heels" means.
They say you can find out "What Guy Will Fall Head Over Heels In Love
With You?" just answering a few questions like these...
| What where you labelled as in school?
| Townie
| Trendy
| Grunger/Greebo/Greb
| Goth
| Punk
| What do you like your dream man to act like?
| Mysterious and Opinionated
| Cheeky and Generous
| Wild and Romantic
| Fun and Easy-To-Talk-To
| Sensitive and Mysterious
http://quizilla.com/users/Blackspideress/quizzes/What%20Guy%20Will%20Fall%20Head%20Over%20Heels%20In%20Love%20With%20You%3F/
Maybe... :-/
"Wrap someone around your little finger" means you get someone (your
lover, probably) to do anything you want, according to what I read on
englishforums.com
He / She is so crazy about you, that you have him / her under your
control!
You wrap or even twist the guy / girl.
"She has always been able to twist her boyfriend around her little
finger."
The expression has even been used by an advert of sunglasses for
"naughty girls"...!
| Release the mischievious little imp in you and wrap him around your
| little finger where he longs to be. Roxanne Biker glasses will accent
| your look to keep him spellbound and in your sway for as long as need be.
I didn't know about these glasses, but their ad is fun :)
--
Enrico C ~ No native speaker
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