head over heels
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Be smitten, infatuated.
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
Because she'd never fallen in love, the head - over - heels, with - all - your - heart kind of love that made a woman's world centre on one man for the rest of her life.
Super Sal just head over heels
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Imported from Wikipedia “English-language idioms” (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29), pending review. Figurative class: Metaphor (PIE-English corpus, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31).
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “head over heels” mean?
Be smitten, infatuated.
Is “head over heels” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.
What is the closest equivalent?
“si mê” (Tiếng Việt) — near equivalent.