单词 | to sweep off his feet |
释义 | > as lemmasto sweep (a person) off his feet c. to sweep (a person) off his feet: to affect with overwhelming enthusiasm, to infatuate. Also transferred. Cf. carry v.. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > be zealous for [verb (transitive)] > inspire with zeal or enthusiasm > carry away with enthusiasm to sweep (a person) off his feet1913 1913 F. L. Barclay Broken Halo xiv. 151 I remember being swept completely off my feet when I first met Jim. 1937 W. R. Inge Rustic Moralist i. ii. 46 I do not approve of concentration camps, or of Jew-baiting, or of sabre~rattling. I only want to understand a movement which has swept a great nation off its feet. 1977 Daily Mirror 16 Mar. 13/5 Mr. Lipscombe's daughter Gillian was swept off her feet by De Roth. < as lemmas |
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