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no love lost
Idioms and Phrases
Dislike, ill will, hate, as in There's no love lost between Bob and Bill . This term originated in the 1500s and until about 1800 could indicate either extreme love or extreme hate. The former was meant in “No love between these two was lost, each was to the other kind†( Reliques of Ancient English Poetry , 1765). Today, however, the term signifies ill will exclusively.Example Sentences
There is evidently no love lost between the two sides.
And while the show starts with both men having seemingly given up their darker alter egos, it’s also clear that there has been no love lost between them.
In his words, they are "a disaster" and there is no love lost between the two.
We’ve known for months that there is no love lost between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his now former Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant.
There’s no love lost between Trump and California.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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