relationship

Related to relationship: Open relationship

love-hate relationship

A relationship or connection with someone or something that is characterized by both very positive and very negative feelings. I've got a bit of a love-hate relationship with this car—I absolutely adore the way it looks and handles on the road, but it has given me nothing but grief with how many times it has broken down. Tom and I have something of a love-hate relationship. When we get along, we're the best pals in the world, but other times we just drive each other crazy.
See also: relationship

rebound relationship

A romantic relationship that one begins, often as a means of distraction, while still recovering from the end of a different relationship. Oh, Peggy doesn't really love that guy—she's just in a rebound relationship so that she doesn't feel so heartbroken about Pat leaving her.
See also: rebound, relationship
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

love-hate relationship

Fig. a relationship of any kind that involves both devotion and hatred. Tommy has a love-hate relationship with his teacher. Mostly, though, it's hate lately.
See also: relationship
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • love-hate relationship
  • clinging vine
  • impostor syndrome
  • sink into depression
  • depression
  • fall into depression
  • muck-raking
  • mug shot
  • toxic
  • toxic masculinity
References in periodicals archive
In the 1970s and 1980s, at the height of the Sexual Revolution, social commentators began to suggest that a traditional, patriarchal, monogamous relationship should not be the social ideal.
Polyamorous relationship structures are extremely diverse and can assume a variety of different forms depending on what the couples consider to be relevant relationship rules (Duma, 2009).
The happy green eyed monogamist: role of jealousy and compersion in monogamous and non-traditional relationships
Couples therapy or relationship counseling is not just for partners on the brink of divorce.
[USA], Aug 26 (ANI): On-off relationships are associated with higher rates of abuse, poorer communication and lower levels of commitment, suggest researchers.
On-again, off-again relationship toxic for mental health: Study
She said any couple considering an open relationship need to talk honestly about it at the start.
Open for the best.. EDITED BY SALLY MCLEAN; A couple take drastic measures to spice up their marriage by opting for an open relationship in new series Wanderlust. But it remains to be seen whether their actions will save or kill their relationship. MARIA CROCE asks relationship expert Dr Becky Spelman whether an open marriage ever works
When we do this, we give ourselves an opportunity to learn and grow in the relationship.The outcome continues to manifest itself in many feelings not fulfilled by the promise of marriage.
Reality checks for a healthy marriage
Key Words: Asymmetry, Molar relationship, Canine relationship, Dental midlines, Non coincident.
EFFECT OF ASYMMETRIC MOLAR AND CANINE RELATIONSHIP ON DENTAL MIDLINES IN ORTHODONTIC PATIENTS
A more in depth look at the way men and women define the seriousness of a new relationship revealed the potential root of this communication issue.
Your Perfect Mate is Probably Looking for Long-Term Love Too According to New Study
We ALL know of a H/w or W/h relationship. These are the only D/s relationships that exist outside the Leather/BDSM world.
D/s relationships
(1.) Manning WD, Giordano PC and Longmore MA, Hooking up: the relationship contexts of "nonrelationship" sex, Journal of Adolescent Research, 2006, 21(5):459-483.
Dating and nondating relationships among sexually active adolescents are often surprisingly similar
It is essential to establish a conceptualization for effective teaching that includes the dynamics of caring and supportive relationships, since accountability and standards alone do not ensure student achievement and success.
Intrinsic self-regulation in the classroom