jueves, 9 de mayo de 2013

TODAY'S IDIOM: ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER

"ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER"
 
 

You will like someone or something better if that person or thing is far away.

Example: It is much easier to get along with your parents when you live away from home. You miss them so much and are glad when you see them. It's true. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

La ausencia alimenta al corazón.

Example sentences:

  • Ever since Carla's boyfriend moved away, she can't stop thinking about him. Absence makes the heart grow fonder / Desde que el novio de Carla se alejó, ella no puede dejar de pensar en él. La ausencia alimenta al corazón.

  • My boyfriend's going overseas to study for four years! Well, they say absence makes the heart grow fonder! / Mi novio se va a estudiar al extranjero durante 4 años! Bueno, dicen que la ausencia alimenta al corazón.

Additional examples:

  • My boyfriend's going to South America and I won't see him for six months. Ah well, absence makes the heart grow fonder.

  • Does it bother you that your husband goes away on long business trips? No. The time we have spent apart has been good for us. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

 
 
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