head over heels in love

head over heels

Completely enamored of someone, typically a new romantic partner. This phrase is sometimes followed by "in love." Oh, I know he's head over heels in love with Christina—he won't stop gushing about her! We used to be head over heels, but now we just annoy each other most of the time.
See also: head, heel, over
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

head over heels in love (with someone)

Fig. very much in love with someone. John is head over heels in love with Mary. They are head over heels in love with each other.
See also: head, heel, love, over
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

head over heels

Completely, thoroughly, as in They fell head over heels in love. This expression originated in the 1300s as heels over head and meant literally being upside down. It took its present form in the 1700s and its present meaning in the 1800s.
See also: head, heel, over
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

head over heels

upside down; turning over completely in a forward motion, as in a somersault.
The earlier, more logical, version of this phrase was heels over head ; the normal modern form dates from the late 18th century. It is often used figuratively of an extreme condition, as in head over heels in love , ‘madly in love’, or head over heels in debt , ‘deeply in debt’.
See also: head, heel, over
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

head over ˈheels (in ˈlove)

completely in love: He’s head over heels in love with his new girlfriend.
See also: head, heel, over
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • head over heels
  • head over heels (in love), to be/fall
  • fall out of love with (someone)
  • drop the L-bomb
  • fall out of love
  • lots of love (from)
  • love from
  • fall in love
  • just for love
  • for love
References in periodicals archive
Pakistani heartthrob Fawad Khan is head over heels in love with his wife Sadaf is no secret.
I've fallen head over heels in love again, but I don't want to ruin my happy marriage to a lovely man.
IT looks like we're falling head over heels in love with this weather as sun-seekers soaked up another glorious day.
Ronan Keating has revealed he is head over heels in love with his girlfriend and feels lucky to have found romance again.
I think we need to spend time working on ourselves, but it doesn't erase the fact that I'm head over heels in love with him...
"I think we need to spend time working on ourselves, but it doesn't erase the fact I'm head over heels in love with him."
Arpino admits he "fell head over heels in love with her on first sight--her whole stature, the shape of her head, her lightness.
But crucial information is often embedded in such texts, and furthermore Phelps explicitly signed hers, couching it as a personal letter to "Family, Friends, and Colleagues." The missive announces that the artist has left her husband of seven years, now "a really close friend," and fallen "head over heels in love with a woman." "My God, I want to make love with Debi every time I lay my eyes on her," the letter gushes, and judging from the drawings--which mostly depict the pair in the act--it's true.
When Bubbles Xingara, a beautiful young tennis star, is murdered, Harriet takes up the case and fails head over heels in love with a young officer under her command.
But if the thought of stepping out in flip-flops and sandals is too deja vu, then look to the new shapes to fall head over heels in love with.
"I'm head over heels in love with Karen, but have no plans to propose," he said.