whirlwind romance
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈwɜrˌlˌwɪnd roʊˈmæns/
- Informal
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romance fugaz
- While she was applying it, she mused about her whirlwind romance with Paul.
- married after a whirlwind romance
It was a very it, it was a whirlwind romance that got very serious very quick.
- It was a very it, it was a whirlwind romance that got very serious very quick.
- Theirs was a whirlwind romance and just four months after they met she became a doctor's wife.
Examples
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They were married in London after a whirlwind romance.
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Their whirlwind romance began during a summer vacation, catching everyone by surprise with its intensity.
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Theirs was a whirlwind romance and just four months after they met she became a doctor's wife.
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Whirlwind romance, marriage... and Zack was born a year later.
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It was a whirlwind romance, ending in a union approved by neither his parents nor her guardian.
Fiction book (1992) -
After just a few weeks of dating, they realized they were in a whirlwind romance that felt like a fairy tale.
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She often reminisces about her whirlwind romance that lasted only a few months but changed her life forever.
Synonyms
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2.3
A close relationship between two people who love each other
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4.6
A short time of fun or a brief romantic relationship
Antonyms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and predictably built from 'whirlwind' (a short, fast, chaotic period) modifying 'romance' (a romantic relationship), so a learner who knows both words can infer a rapid, intense, often short-lived relationship. This metaphoric modifier pattern is common and cross-linguistically familiar, making the expression readily understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Whirlwind romance paints a picture of a sudden, fast wind that spins and sweeps people together, like a whirlwind pulling two people into a quick romance. So, it is used for 'a love that starts very fast, feels very strong, and often ends quickly'.