love-hate relationship



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.
See also: relationship

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
KingaKEEN-gah (Polish), KEEN-gaw (Hungarian)Polish, Hungarian
Eudoxia-Ancient Greek
Rahman-Arabic, Persian, Indonesian, Malay
FİKrİYe-Turkish
Italia-Italian
GertrudeGUR-trood (English), khər-TRUY-də (Dutch)English, Dutch