- blind date: a date with a stranger
-- You hafta be really brave to go on a blind date.
- nip something in the bud: stop something from starting in the first place
-- You'd better just nip that plan in the bud because I'm not going out on any more blind dates.
- gee (interjection): used to express annoyance, disgust, or surprise
-- Gee! I didn't know she felt that way.
- get something off your chest: talk about something that has been bothering you
-- Look. We really hafta talk tonight. There's something I hafta get off my chest, and it can't wait until tomorrow.
- beat around the bush: avoid talking about something directly
-- Stop beating around the bush and tell me how you feel. You hafta tell me exactly how you feel if you want me to understand you.
- have a crush on: romantic love, used especially for young people
-- She has a crush on my brother, but the feelings aren't mutal, and he hasta tell her how he feels.
- be on cloud nine: extreme happiness; also "seventh heaven"
-- She was on cloud nine after he proposed to her.
- stand up: not meeting someone you promise to do so
-- I can't believe stood me up on the first date!
- lead on: make someone think something is true when it is not
-- You shouldn't lead her on if you really aren't interested in her. You just hafta be honest.
- dump: end a romantic relationship, often without care
-- She dumped the guy when she found out he was dating someone else.
- jerk: a person who does stupid or annoying things
-- You really hafta end this relationship with this guy. He's a jerk because he only thinks of himself.
- show true colors: reveal your true self
-- People often don't show true colors until they get married.
- promise the moon: make big promises that might be impossible to do
In life, you hafta be realistic and not promise the moon when there is no way to make something happen.
- Mr. Right: the perfect partner
-- You're not going to find Mr. Right at the library.
- find the one: find the right person to date or marry
-- She thought she had found the one at the party last week, but she soon realized he wasn't her type.
- put up with: endure something or someone without complaint
-- Putting up with problems in a relationship isn't something you want to deal with over the long term. Instead, you hafta learn to resolve problems; no relationship is problem-free.
- give the cold shoulder: pay no attention to, snub
-- If you give him the cold shoulder for no reason, he definately won't ask you out again.
- tie the knot: get married
-- My wife and I tied the knot on her birthday on a beach in Hawaii. What a great way to get married!
- rosy: hopeful, optimistic
-- There hasta be a way to get it through her head that life isn't all rosy 24-hours-a-day.
- make up: become friendly with someone again after having problems
-- When you have problems in a relationship, you sometimes just hafta swallow your pridge, apologize, and make up. It usually matters little who was at fault.
- give-and-take: a state where people work together in allowing each other to do things they want
-- Allowing some give-and-take is crucial to a healthy relationship .
