star-crossed lovers

star-crossed lovers

Two people in love who are forced to be apart by circumstances or influences outside of their control. A phrase popularized in its use by Shakespeare to describe the titular characters of his tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Any high school couple forced apart by where they go to college will likely feel like star-crossed lovers for the first week or so, and then realize that there's way more to life than an awkward adolescent romance.
See also: lover
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

star-crossed lovers

ill-fated lovers. I suppose that Romeo and Juilet are star-crossed lovers.
See also: lover
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • gone with the wind
  • tennis
  • Tennis anyone?
  • Tennis, anyone?
  • system
  • all systems (are) go
  • All systems are go
  • all systems go
  • life is like a box of chocolates
  • a rising tide lifts all boats
References in periodicals archive
Taking into account the witchcraft and the "star-crossed lovers element" one theory about the new season is that a woman scorned might evoke some sort of revenge on her former lover a[bar] or her beau's potential new lover.
TALWAS, India: The tale, set in the forests of northwestern India, had all the ingredients of a perfect Bollywood love story: emotion, celebration, star-crossed lovers and a nail-biting climax.
Black Box Theatre School has been working with members of the youth orchestra once a week since May in the creation of a piece which takes Shakespeare's version of the star-crossed lovers' tale and gives it an Eastern flavour with traditional Chinese make-up and costumes.
There are many famous examples of star-crossed lovers in our culture, Romeo and Juliet being first among them.
Later, the imagination of the local residents, moved by the sad story of the star-crossed lovers, would blend legend and reality, pointing out different old houses as the setting of the tragedy.
The melodramma tragico deals with a pair of star-crossed lovers from two feuding families who come to rather nasty ends (the opera concludes with poor Imelda attempting to save her lover by sucking the poison out of his wound, only to die herself).
Ballets have been inspired by star-crossed lovers, a princess cursed to become a swan, and even by a toy nutcracker come to life.
Strong characterizations, fascinating attention to historical details, and the classic conflict of star-crossed lovers combine to create a well-crafted story of strong will and determination.
A Coronation Street spokeswoman said: 'Viewers will have to see what happens next to the star-crossed lovers.'
And, of course, the poignant story of the star-crossed lovers will appeal to the romantic in all of us.
Yet like star-crossed lovers, they are all destined to meet, interact, and change.
Johnny Whitehorse, the Reservation's bad boy, and Leah Starr, the Senator's golden daughter, are star-crossed lovers who couldn't withstand the Senator's bigotry.
Tillman, a writer and poet from New Orleans, Louisiana, has written a new book about two star-crossed lovers who, upon first meeting exchange only smiles, but both know their love will last forever.
romance of star-crossed lovers is staged on a baseball diamond.
To glimpse the heavens' most legendary star-crossed lovers, glance up on any clear August night when the moon shines dimly in the evening sky (this year, the first few and the last ten days of the month are a good bet).