love bombs

love bomb

A profuse or intense display or declaration of love or affection. Often used in the plural. He kept showering me with love bombs early in our relationship, but then all of a sudden he became very cold and distant. With all the love bombs the prime minister has been dropping on the foreign country's new president, one would swear they were in cahoots or something.
See also: bomb, love
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

love bombs

n. affirmations of affection. These two were dropping love bombs on each other, even though they hate each other’s guts.
See also: bomb, love
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • love bomb
  • fall out of love with (someone)
  • fall out of love
  • drop the L-bomb
  • love muscle
  • just for love
  • for love
  • for love/for the love of something
  • all the world loves a lover
  • lover
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