love at first sight

1. An instantaneous attraction to someone or something. For example, With Peter and Constance, it was a case of love at first sight, or When Dave saw that car, it was love at first sight. This expression was already used by Chaucer for romantic attraction in Troilus and Cressida: “She loved right from the first sight.” The transfer to objects dates from the first half of the 1900s.

Example Sentences

It is far from ideal for the Australian, particularly as even he recognised that his appointment was hardly "love at first sight" as far many Forest fans were concerned.

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"It was love at first sight for Maurice, he found Fred to be a kind and gentle man - but in the forces, he could be tough as well."

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“It was love at first sight,” says Boudreaux, referring to Velcro and also her friendship with Johnston.

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“The first time I saw an electric guitar as a teenager, it was love at first sight. I saw it from across the high school hallway,” Hammett recalls of his first in-person sighting of a guitar at about age 14.

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It was love at first sight for Adarsh Ramchurn.

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