earth move, to feel the
earth move, to feel the
To have an extremely good sexual experience. This hyperbole first appeared in Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940), “But did thee feel the earth move?” It has been repeated, usually in humorous fashion, ever since.
See also: earth, feel
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- fare thee well
- bell out
- passing bell
- bear the bell
- give (one) a bell
- give somebody a bell
- give someone a bell
- bear away the bell
- boring, silly, etc. in the extreme
- end of the world, it's not/wouldn't be the