Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Persons, places, or things become dearer to us when they are absent.
Words Nearby Absence makes the heart grow fonder
- abscond
- abscondee
- abscondence
- abseil
- absence
- Absence makes the heart grow fonder
- absence seizure
- absent
- absentee
- absentee ballot
- absenteeism
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Other Idioms and Phrases with Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Separation intensifies love, as in After a year in another country she accepted his proposal, so I guess absence makes the heart grow fonder, or, used ironically, The boss leaves earlier every day; oh well, absence makes the heart grow fonder. Although versions of this saying date from Roman times, it only became popular after Thomas Haynes Bayly used it as the last line of a song in The Isle of Beauty (1850). The opposite sentiment is expressed by familiarity breeds contempt.
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