B1idiomemotionsIELTS-friendly
love at first sight
USUK
falling in love with someone the first time you see them
Also used jokingly for things: 'It was love at first sight when I saw this flat.'
In context
My parents met at a wedding in Hue, and it was love at first sight.
Do you believe in love at first sight, or does love need time?
Common mistake
Incorrect: It was love from first sight.
Correct: It was love at first sight.
More idioms about emotions
- a bitter pill to swallowan unpleasant fact or situation that is hard to accept
- a bundle of nervesvery nervous and worried
- a chip on your shouldera lasting anger because you feel you were treated unfairly in the past
- a knot in your stomacha tight, sick feeling in your body caused by worry or fear
- a lump in your throata tight feeling in your throat because you are so moved that you might cry