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hearts and flowers

hearts and flowers noun: ideal romance.

Noun

hearts and flowers pl (plural only)

  1. (idiomatic, ironic, often, plural, plural-only) Ideal romance.
    • And I'm not saying it's all hearts and flowers, but where's the passion? Where's the need to be near that other person so much that you get so distracted you can't think of anything else?2015, K. M. Scott, Unforgettable: Heart of Stone Series #6
    • When that attention is one sided or become^([sic]) lacking, you can't expect everything to be wonderful and all hearts and flowers in the home or the bedroom.2016, Sandi Jones, It's Not Always Hearts & Flowers...and That's Okay, page 15

Origin of hearts and flowers

After the song Hearts and Flowers, published in 1893 and widely used as melodramatic photoplay music.

Questions about hearts and flowers

What does hearts and flowers mean?
Hearts and flowers means ideal romance.
What part of speech is hearts and flowers?
Hearts and flowers is a noun.

Words near hearts and flowers in the dictionary

  1. heartrates
  2. heartrending
  3. heartrendingly
  4. heartrot
  5. hearts
  6. hearts and flowers
  7. hearts and minds
  8. hearts and rounds
  9. hearts of glass
  10. hearts of gold
  11. hearts of hearts

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