Absence makes the heart grow fonder In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Absence makes the heart grow fonder", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Evelyn Nguyen calendar 2021-01-26 09:01

Meaning of Absence makes the heart grow fonder

Absence makes the heart grow fonder proverb

When the people we love are not around, we miss and love them even more.

We need time to be apart. I think absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Maybe you are scared because we have been apart for such a long time. But believe me! Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Even my boyfriend has been studying abroad, absence makes the heart grow fonder!

Do you believe that absence makes the heart grow fonder?

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Wholly enamored (of someone)

strike (one's) fancy

If you like something very much or find something appealing or interesting to you, it strikes your fancy.

enamored of (someone or something)

If you are enamored of someone/something, you love somebody/something so much.
 

take somebody/saomething into one's heart

To welcome or have very strong feelings of liking and caring for someone or an animal.

Origin of Absence makes the heart grow fonder

This idiom was created by Sextus Propertius - a Latin elegiac poet of the Augustan age.

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