| 词组 | cupboard love |
| 释义 | Idiom cupboard love British & Australian love that you give in order to get something from someone.I suspected all along it was just cupboard love, and what she really liked about him was his car. cupboard loveLove that is ultimately motivated by greed. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Ever since I won the lottery, I worry that any woman who expresses a romantic interest in me will just be a case of cupboard love. cupboard loveBRITISHYou use cupboard love to mean the insincere affection that children or animals show to someone who they think will give them what they want. My kids give me such a lovely welcome when they see me, I don't care if it is cupboard love. Note: The idea here is that cupboards often contain food or something else that a child or animal might want to have. ˈcupboard love(British English) affection that somebody shows towards somebody else in order to get something: The cat seems especially fond of her, but it’s just cupboard love. She’s the one who feeds him. Cupboard here refers to food, which is kept in a cupboard, so this idiom originally meant showing love to somebody in order to get food. |
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