puppy love

puppy love

A state of short-lived infatuation or romantic attraction among children or adolescents. Puppy love is starting to bloom among many of my fifth-graders.
See also: love, puppy
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

puppy love

Fig. mild infatuation; infatuation as in a crush. (Used especially of adolescent relationships.) Is it really love or just puppy love? Look at them together. It may be puppy love, but it looks wonderful.
See also: love, puppy
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

puppy love

Also, calf love. Adolescent love or infatuation, especially one that is not expected to last, as in Beth is besotted with him, but we think it's just puppy love, or He's got a bad case of calf love. [First half of 1800s]
See also: love, puppy
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

puppy love

Puppy love is love between children or young people that is not considered to be very serious. They wanted to prove that theirs was more than puppy love.
See also: love, puppy
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

puppy love

n. mild infatuation; infatuation as in a crush. Look at them together. It may be puppy love, but it looks wonderful.
See also: love, puppy
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

puppy love

A youthful infatuation, with the implication that it will not last. It is nearly always spoken of disparagingly, as by W. A. Carruthers (A Kentuckian in New York, 1834): “Oh! it is nothing more than puppy love!”
See also: love, puppy
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

puppy love

A juvenile crush, an infatuation. The phrase refers to an adolescent male's total devotion to the object of his affection by displaying the uncritical ardor of a young dog to its owner. “Mooning over” and “calf eyes” are apt phrases for such an affliction. The 1960s teen singing idol Neil Sedaka had a hit record of a song by that name.
See also: love, puppy
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
See also:
  • be first among equals
  • apportion
  • apportion out
  • apportion out among
  • among
  • choose among
  • choose among (people or things)
  • fight among yourselves/ourselves/themselves
  • fight amongst
  • amongst
References in periodicals archive
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Donny Osmond
With universal conflicts, such as how to get along in a crowd, what to wear, father problems, stepmother interference, puppy love, sibling rivalry, peer competition and more, Goddesses transcends time.
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Puppy Love Man's (and woman's) best friend for centuries, dogs were first domesticated as early as 12,000 B.C.!
The First The Next
Frederic's puppy love for Mme Arnoux is at first steadfast and idealistic, and she remains faithful to her rather frivolous husband.
Sentimental Education, A
"Henry and Lola" is a poetry perfected puppy love story, illustrated with bright, edgy scenes of daily life in a glamorous, busy Boston hotel.
Henry and Lola: A Puppy Love Story
PUPPY love was in the air at a North East college after four-month-old pooch Freddie paid a visit to students during Guide Dogs Week.
They call it puppy love..
After Budweiser's "Puppy Love" commercial, it's the new Tim Tebow T-Mobile ad that has gone viral on social networking sites.
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Minneapolis, MN, August 08, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Puppy Love Caring Canines, Inc., is hosting the 10th Annual Wag-N-Wheel family festival on Saturday, August 17, 2013, from 10am to 2pm.
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"Can you imagine the guy who sang Puppy Love coming to your house to fix your PC?" he says, laughing.
Love us for a reason says singer Donny; Osmonds head to Liverpool
Could suggest that with large parts of the world in want, feeding a pampered pooch 35 quids worth of rib-eye steak is taking puppy love a little too far.
SOME PRICEY PUPPY LOVE
The tour will take fans on a journey through their many unforgettable hits - from classics such as Puppy Love and Paper Roses to Love Me For A Reason and Crazy Horses.
Osmond tour to stop in city