sweep off one's feet, to
sweep (someone) off (someone's) feet
To cause someone to be admiring or infatuated.
See also: feet, off, sweep
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
sweep off one's feet, to
To overwhelm; to carry away with enthusiasm. This metaphor suggests knocking a person down, or at least sideways, in the process of making an impression. The term, also put as to carry someone off his feet, dates from the nineteenth century. Clarence Day used it in The Crow’s Nest (1921): “You can’t sweep other people off their feet if you can’t be swept off your own.”
See also: off, sweep
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- hit the high
- go out of
- infatuated with
- infatuated with (someone or something)
- fall for
- fall for (someone or something)
- be swept off (one's) feet
- obsess
- obsessed with
- obsessed with (someone or something)