Love has been a very common topic for everyone from young to old. This theme has also been very popular from everyday life conversations to poetic works. In fact, love inspires many idioms; funny idioms, romantic idioms, soppy idioms; all love idioms.

Here are some common examples of love with their meaning and when to use them.

1. To love with all your heart and soul

To hold a deep and absolute love for a person, a deeply loving phrase, said quietly over a romantic dinner while holding the hand of your partner, and looking seriously into their eyes would be ‘I love you with my heart and soul.’

2. You are my one and only

This idiom is a promise that the person will be your only and lifelong love.  It could be said by candlelight, or perhaps to offer reassurance after an argument: ‘You’re my one (pause, and nod seriously) and only.’

3. Falling head over heels in love

The idiom is used to express a deep, sudden, and absolute love for someone. This is a strong term that can be used by one person to another, or by a third person describing the love between two others: ‘I’ve fallen head over heels in love with you’, ‘They have fallen head over heels in love.’

4. To be smitten

If you are smitten with someone, you become so obsessed with him or her that you think about him or her all the time. ‘I’ve been smitten with you since I first saw you on the bus.’ It is a phrase often said early in a relationship, especially when the couple has known each other for a while but have only just had their first date.