first love

first love

1. The first person one falls in love with. Brian was my first love. I can't possibly talk to him at the reunion!
2. The first or main thing one is passionate about. Painting was my first love, but I've really taken to photography in my later years. As much as I enjoy teaching, writing is my first love, so I always make time for it on the weekends.
See also: first, love
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • love at first sight
  • at first sight
  • first things first
  • first thing
  • first of all
  • give (one) (the right of/to) first refusal
  • first off
  • first off/up
  • first up
  • first port of call
References in periodicals archive
If you were meant to be with your first love, you'd still be together, but the fact is it didn't work and you have to start living your life now instead of dwelling on the past.
Anne says: Don't be swept away by the powerful romance of "first love".
"He was my first love - five years we were together," she told the paper.
Brendan will not only be bringing you his unique brand of humour, but will also return to one of his first loves, playing piano.
The appeal comes to mark the duo's forthcoming play Good To Firm, which asks the question: do you ever forget your first love? The pair, whose comedy hits include the international successes Dirty Dusting and Waiting For Gateaux, hope the production will evoke memories for everyone who attends.
Mohamed Eid, 97, has 42 children and grandchildren but has never forgotten his first love. He had proposed to the woman he loved when he was young, but was rejected because of a custom in her tribe that prohibited her from marrying anyone but a cousin, the London-based al-Hayat reported Wednesday.
O'Carroll is a prolific funnyman, having written six novels, four screenplays and seven plays (which he also directs and stars in) - but stand-up comedy was his first love.
All you have to do is write in and tell us about your first love. Whether it was happy, sad, funny, weird or sweet, we want to know all about it.
It tells of first love. Two high school seniors, good students, fall in love; but shyness and sexual inexperience dominate their relationship.
Patience, My Dear by Arianna Snow is an reader engaging romantic mystery novel in which lead character, Naomi, questionably finds her first love, Hiram, after 18 years of separation.
FIRST LOVE has always had a reputation for not being the hardiest in a battle and mud sticks when it comes to betting in running, as shown by his hitting a high of 15 at Wincanton after being narrowly headed by Joey Tribbiani.
First Love: A Historic Gathering of Jesus Music Pioneers
Dance is her first love. What is your advice?--Mary-Liz, Elkon, VA
"Typically, women hang on to the fantasy of the first love, looking at it as the romantic ideal", Neff pointed out, playing the "what if" possibility to the max in her story line until Reba becomes obsessed.