absence makes the heart go yonder
absence makes the heart go yonder proverb: synonym of long absent, soon forgotten (“separation can result in someone finding other emotional attachments”).
Proverb
absence makes the heart go yonder
- Synonym of long absent, soon forgotten (“separation can result in someone finding other emotional attachments”)
- Does Absence Make the Heat Grow Fonder? Sometimes. And sometimes absence makes the heart go yonder.1989, William J. Petersen, Husbands and Wives, page 199
- Work if you must, but don't take a night job. Absence makes the heart go yonder.2012, Sonny Bono, edited by Boze Hadleigh, Holy Matrimony!: Better Halves and Bitter Halves, page 109
- Synonyms:
- long absent, soon forgotten
Synonyms of absence makes the heart go yonder
- long absent
- soon forgotten
Origin of absence makes the heart go yonder
Derived from absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Questions about absence makes the heart go yonder
- What does absence makes the heart go yonder mean?
- Absence makes the heart go yonder means synonym of long absent, soon forgotten (“separation can result in someone finding other emotional attachments”).
- What part of speech is absence makes the heart go yonder?
- Absence makes the heart go yonder is a proverb.
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