an/(one's) old flame



an/(one's) old flame

One's former lover. How am I supposed to forget about my old flame if I keep seeing her around town? Yeah, Ben is his old flame—they dated last summer.
See also: flame, old

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Burroughs['bʌrəuz]
SabasSAH-bahs (Spanish)Spanish, Late Greek
RupertRUY-pərt (Dutch), ROO-pərt (English), RUW-pert (Polish)German, Dutch, English, Polish
Siddhartha-Sanskrit, Bengali
Atanasij-Macedonian
Seyyed-Persian