Expressions on Love, Marriage and Family
I. Love
1. Nouns/noun phrases
Love-birds 热恋中的情人
old flame 旧情人
rival in love 情敌
The third arm 第三者
Platonic love 精神恋爱
Puppy love早恋/少男少女间短暂的爱
first love初恋
later-life love黄昏恋
Love at first sight
Infatuation （尤指一时的）热恋，痴迷
Love-hate relationship 爱恨交加的关系
unrequited love暗恋
one-sided love 单相思
lovesickness 相思病；痴情
Love triangle 三角恋爱
Mutual attraction 相互吸引
Blind date 相亲
one night stand 一夜情
Love token 定情信物
Love letter 情书
2. Verbs/verb phrases
hook up 介绍
take a shine to sb. 一见倾心
Hit it off投缘
Fall in love with
Be in love with
Pull one’s heartstrings 打动心弦
Be into sb. 为某人深深着迷
Have a crush on sb. 迷恋某人
dig (someone) 非常喜欢（某人）
drool over (someone) 痴迷（某人）
I’m all over you. 我喜欢你
See people, seeing people 约会搞对象，在找对象
Go steady with 关系稳定下来，即恋爱
Fickle 朝三暮四
Flirt with
play hard-to-get 欲擒故纵
Stand… up 放某人鸽子
Date another girl on the side 脚踏两条船
I’m over you. 我不喜欢你了
The chemistry isn’t there. 不来电
Have a falling out with 分手
Be crossed in love 失恋
Lose one’s love 失恋
3. Adjectives
lovey-dovey: to be very affectionate towards another person. This is often used in a negative way. 过于情意绵绵的
Lovelorn 失恋的，为情所困的，害相思病的
Fancy sick 害相思病的
4. Idioms
The torch of Hymen 爱情
tug of love 爱之拔河，争夺孩子的监护权
play Cupid: to arrange for two people to meet, hoping that they will fall in love with each other 扮演红娘的角色
Fall head over heels：when someone is totally in love and is excited about it 深深爱上某人，爱得神魂颠倒
All’s fair in love and war: In some situations, such as when you are in love or waging war, you are allowed to be deceitful in order to get what you want. 在爱情和战争中，一切都情有可原。
Love in a cottage 清贫而和谐的婚姻或爱情生活
On the rocks 恋情告急/恋情出现危机
Beauty is in the eyes of the lover 情人眼里出西施
catch one’s heart, never be apart. 愿得一人心，白首不相离
II. Marriage
1. Nouns/noun phrases
single/bachelor 单身汉
single woman /bachelorette 单身女郎
Celibate独身主义者
finance(husband-to-be) 未婚夫
financee(wife-to-be) 未婚妻
intended wife 未婚妻
couple-to-be 未婚夫妻
matchmaker 月老
marriage go-between 媒人
suitor 求婚者
Engagement
groomsman/best man 伴郎
bridesmaid 伴娘
Bridegroom 新郎
Bride 新娘
Wedding vows
wedding march 婚礼进行曲
Paper/silver/golden wedding 纸婚/银婚/金婚
trousseau/dowry 嫁妆
wedding invitations
wedding shower
officiator 主婚人
wedding dress/gown 婚纱、结婚礼服
wed in a civil ceremony 登记结婚
wedding reception 婚宴
wedding feast 喜宴
other half 配偶
Better half 配偶（妻子）
In-laws 姻亲；（尤指）岳父母
family man 有家室的人
newly-wed 刚结婚的人
well-matched couple 相配的一对
Marriage made in heaven 天生一对
DINK= double income, no kids
monogamy一夫一妻制
Pre-marital property notarization 婚前财产公证
marriage liberalization 婚姻自由化
Trial marriage 试婚
Extramarital relations 婚外恋
Prenuptial agreement 婚前协议
marriage certificate 结婚证
matrimonial agency 婚姻介绍所
register office 结婚登记处
marriage after divorce /remarriage 再婚
mixed marriage 涉外婚姻；跨国婚姻
exogamy异族通婚
legal marriage 合法婚姻
cohabitation 同居
early marriage 早婚
late marriage 晚婚
Conjugal love 夫妻之爱
Wedlock 结婚生活，婚姻
freedom of marriage 婚姻自主
The institution of marriage 婚姻制度
arranged marriage 包办婚姻
mercenary marriage 买卖婚姻
A marriage of convenience 权宜婚姻（基于利害关系而非爱情的结合）
Shotgun marriage 奉子成婚的仓促婚姻
starter marriage 短暂初婚
left-hand marriage 门户不当的婚姻
be well-matched in social and economic status 门当户对
marital bliss 婚姻美满
separation 分居
the beginning of the end 步入婚姻的坟墓
marital breakdown 婚姻破裂
extramarital affair 婚外情
the seven-year itch七年之痒
remarriage 再婚
2. Verbs/verb phrases
Pop the question 求婚
Ask for/win sb’s hand in marriage 向某人求婚
pronounce the couple man and wife
Tie the (nuptial) knot 结婚
get hitched 结婚
walk down the aisle 步上红毯
take on the old ball and chain套上婚姻的枷锁
Consummate marriage 完婚
Marry money 和富人结婚
Marry beneath sb.下嫁
Say one’s vows 立下誓言
Two-time (vt.) 对妻子/丈夫不忠
Annul a marriage (法庭或教堂宣布)解除婚约
3. Adjectives
connubial婚姻的
marital婚姻的
4. Idioms
A chip off the old block 与父亲一模一样的儿子
Marry in haste(, repent at leisure) 结婚太快，后悔莫及
III. Family
1. Noun phrases
extended family 大家庭（包括亲戚）
reconstituted family 重组家庭
nuclear family 核心家庭
Single parent family
A close-knit family 关系紧密的一家人
Patriarchal rule 家长统治
filial piety 孝
clan氏族
kinsmen by affinty 姻亲
famlily tree 家谱
Family cohesion 家庭凝聚力
Domestic dissension 家庭不和
Family practice 家庭保健，大众医疗
family planning 计划生育
Mom and pop store 家庭作坊（俚语）
2. Verb phrases
Make ends meet
live a blessing life 过着幸福的生活
Live to old age in conjugal bliss
life and death accompany 生死相随
run in the family —to be a common feature in a particular family
3. Adjectives
matriarch母系社会的
patriarch父系社会的
maternal 母亲的
Paternal 父亲的
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