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Why do women say they are head over heels in love?
What does that mean? Our heads are always over our heels.
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The expression references to being so happy, elated, or excited about something you could do a cartwheel or somersault for the sheer joy of it all. Technically, if you were tumbling this way, you would be “heels over head”, which is how the expression was originally said. Over the years, writers and others began to invert the order of the words. Davey Crockett was quoted in 1834 saying he was “…head over heels in love…” But L. Frank Baum, in his WIZARD OF OZ books uses the expression in its original form “heels over head”.
A similar transformation has also taken place with the expression “have your cake and eat it too.” The original, more logical saying is, “you can’t eat your cake and have it, too.” The meaning of the phrase is that you have to make a choice between two, mutually exclusive options. In the case of the cake, you can’t EAT YOUR CAKE now and also HAVE IT available to eat later. If you HAVE YOUR CAKE sitting in front of you most certainly can EAT IT TOO.
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Head to heel – fully. It is to put stress on completely.
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It is idiomatic expression of extreme love.
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I think it’s just an idiomatic expression.
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that’s the position the guy they love got them to do
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