carry a torch for someone — carry a torch for (someone) old fashioned to secretly love someone who does not love you. Graeme s been carrying a torch for Linda for years … New idioms dictionary
carry a torch for — (someone) old fashioned to secretly love someone who does not love you. Graeme s been carrying a torch for Linda for years … New idioms dictionary
carry a torch for — ► carry a torch for suffer from unrequited love for. Main Entry: ↑torch … English terms dictionary
carry a torch for someone — phrase to be in love with someone, usually when they do not realize this Thesaurus: to love or like a personsynonym Main entry: carry … Useful english dictionary
carry a torch for somebody — carry a torch for sb idiom to be in love with sb, especially sb who does not love you in return Main entry: ↑carryidiom … Useful english dictionary
carry a torch for — suffer from unrequited love for * * * carry a torch for see ↑torch, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑carry … Useful english dictionary
carry a torch for — verb To love or to be romantically infatuated with, especially when such feelings are not reciprocated. Brunhilde, a kind of earth mother goddess, carries a torch for her lost love. See Also: torch song … Wiktionary
carry a torch for — to desire sexually The imagery is from a religious processional light. Usually of unrequited love: Maggie Young Hunt came in today. Out of coffee, so she said. I think she s carrying a torch for me. (Steinbeck, 1961 the visit took place … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
carry a torch for — suffer from unrequited love for. → torch … English new terms dictionary
carry the torch — See: CARRY A TORCH … Dictionary of American idioms
carry the torch — See: CARRY A TORCH … Dictionary of American idioms
