Definition
Mutual dislike or animosity.
In Context
- "There was no love lost between the two opponents."
- "I thought I saw him leer in an ugly way at me while the decanters were going round, but as there was no love lost between us, that might easily be."
- "By Crums, they might get the salts and oxalic acid mixed up if they came to treat me, for there’s no love lost between us."
- "In the joy of seeing a familiar face Anne forgot that there had never been much love lost between her and Josie."
- "“My boys are practically all bushmen, while these chaps are salt-water men, and there’s no love lost between them. You watch the fun.”"
- "He hadn't seen his brother for years, and I guess there was no love lost."
- "Soon they would be out of Turkey. But would Greece be any easier? No love lost between Greece and England."
- "No life at all in the house of dolls / No love lost"