head over heels

1. Completely, thoroughly, as in They fell head over heels in love. This expression originated in the 1300s as heels over head and meant literally being upside down. It took its present form in the 1700s and its present meaning in the 1800s.

Example Sentences

Half of the album's 12 songs are about falling completely, goofily, head over heels in love.

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Firstly, it would be the British boxing fraternity who would fall head over heels for an aggressive, forward-thinking fighter with a penchant for bending over opponents with air-sapping body shots.

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How could audiences not fall head over heels, or imagine themselves in his boots, when he’s the beguiling picture of real-life attainability?

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It’s impossible not to be charmed by her, and even easier to see how men like John and Harry, who seem so different from one another, could fall head over heels for Lucy.

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The rapper took her to upscale restaurants and she described herself as "head over heels" for him.

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