Idioms for March

Idioms are used everyday in English. We used them to describe how we feel, what we want to do, or what we think. Some idioms are said all year, while others only pop up during special times of the year, like on Valentine’s Day! Let’s look at 5 idioms used on Valentine’s Day!

1. “A heart of gold”

Meaning:
This phrase means that someone has a great heart. Gold is very valuable, so if someone has a heart like valuable gold, then they are valuable.
Example:
“He is so sweet and kind, he has a heart of gold like no one I have met.”

2. “Heart skipped a beat”

Meaning:
Our heart is a muscle that moves blood through our body, when we are scared or excited it may beat very fast or strangely. When you’re with someone you love it may beat very fast so we say someone made our heart skip a beat.
Example:
“We had not seen each other for a year so when I saw him my heart skipped a beat!”

3.“Puppy love”

Meaning:
Puppy love is simple, just like when a dog loves you it is simple. Many older people when they hear younger people say they’re in love they call it puppy love because they think its simple.
Example:
“They say they’re in love, but I think it is just puppy love, they just met!”

4. “Love at first sight”

Meaning:
Many times when we meet someone for the first time we can be nervous or feel like they are someone special like no one before.
Example:
As soon as he said hello and made me laugh I knew it was love at first sight.”

5. “Head over heels in love”

Meaning:
When you really fall in love with someone, it can surprise you like falling down. When you fall down your feet may fly in the air. This phrase describes the image of falling down from surprise and also tells that someone really loves another person.
Example:
“After a few months of dates I fell head over heels in love with her.”