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No Love Lost

 
Idioms: no love lost
 

Dislike, ill will, hate, as in There's no love lost between Bob and Bill. This term originated in the 1500s and until about 1800 could indicate either extreme love or extreme hate. The former was meant in "No love between these two was lost, each was to the other kind" ( Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, 1765). Today, however, the term signifies ill will exclusively.


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No Love Lost is a 2003 collection of short stories by Alice Munro. Part of the New Canadian Library, it collects ten stories published in her earlier books, and features an afterword by Jane Urquhart.

Stories

  • "Bardon Bus"
  • "Carried Away"
  • "Mischief"
  • "The Love of a Good Woman"
  • "Simon's Luck"
  • "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage"
  • "The Bear Came Over the Mountain"
  • "The Albanian Virgin"
  • "Meneseteung"
  • "The Children Stay"
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Idioms. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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