love-hate relationship

Fig. a relationship of any kind that involves both devotion and hatred. Tommy has a love-hate relationship with his teacher. Mostly, though, it's hate lately.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Buenaventura	bwe-nah-ven-TOOR-ah	Spanish
Dilbert	DIL-burt	Popular Culture
Sovanna	-	Khmer
Dorete	-	Danish
Emil	E-mil (Swedish), E-meel (German, Polish), e-MEEL (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Romanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian,
Bowers	['bauəz]