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  • Welcome to E-com Love Idioms and Expressions 31.

  • In these videos, we'll teach you phrases often heard in romantic comedies

  • and phrases you can use in your own love lives.

  • We'll give you some examples and tell you the correct situations in which you can use these phrases.

  • So, listen carefully, have fun and let's get started!

  • Today's love expression is: love at first sight. love at first sight.

  • Now, this is a very commonly used phrase in maybe your romantic life, in TV dramas and comedies, on movies.

  • We hear this phrase a lot.

  • And it's often we ask each other if you believe in love at first sight.

  • And many people believe. Many people don't believe.

  • How about you?

  • All right, let's listen to two examples of how to use this phrase.

  • How did you meet your wife?

  • I saw her singing at a jazz club and it was love at first sight.

  • Did she feel the same way?

  • Actually, no. It took her a few weeks to finally go out on a date with me! It was torture!

  • All right, so that was one example.

  • The man felt love at first sight, but the woman did not.

  • It took her some time.

  • All right, let's listen to the other example.

  • I love your new car!

  • Thanks! I wasn't planning on buying one, but it was love at first sight, and I couldn't leave the shop without it!

  • That happens to me a lot. I have to be careful in the electronics shop!

  • Yes, it happens to the best of us.

  • All right, so in this example, we see that love at first sight is not just with people.

  • It can be when you're shopping or with an animal or anything that you fell love.

  • And some people say they don't believe in love at first sight, but just lust at first sight.

  • So, which do you believe in?

  • Why don't you try asking people you know?

  • "Do you believe in love at first sight?"

  • And I'll see you next time!

Welcome to E-com Love Idioms and Expressions 31.

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