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sweet on, be
sweet on, be
Enamored of, in love with, as in I think Barbara's sweet on Nick. This colloquial idiom was first recorded in 1740.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Barbro | | BAHR-broo | Swedish |
| Chenaniah | | - | Biblical |
| Uranus | | yuw-RAY-nəs (English), YUWR-ən-əs (English) | Greek Mythology (Latinized) |
| SÁNdor | | SHAHN-dor | Hungarian |
| Mouna | | - | Arabic |
| Humphry | | HUM-free | English (Rare) |