Relationship and dating expressions

Love is in the air!

Dating and relationships are an extremely popular topic for most students! So here's some idioms about them so you can talk about it even more! The idioms are written at the top. Which expression do you think goes in which sentence?

pop the question - to ask someone to marry you.
tie the knot - to get married.
a match made in heaven - the perfect relationship.
go Dutch - to split the bill at a restaurant.
to go out with someone - to date someone
to be on the rocks - to have a difficult period in a relationship.
to make up - to forgive someone after an argument
to play hard to get - to pretend you’re not interested in a relationship.

Lesson by Caroline Devane
Link: Reading - wedding and vocabulary match exercise

• 1. We had a huge fight, but we ___ that evening.
  
  made up
  popped the question
  went out
  
  
• 2. He got down on one knee and ___.
  
  popped the question
  tied the knot
  went dutch
  
  
• 3. Jennifer and Chris always look so happy together. They're ___.
  
  a match made in heaven
  going Dutch
  making up
  
  
• 4. They should never have ___ they were so much happier before they got married.
  
  popped the question
  tied the knot
  played hard to get
  
  
• 5. I wish he would stop ___ I know he likes me!
  
  being on the rocks
  playing hard to get
  going out with me
  
  
• 6. We ___ which suits me. I don't think it's right that the man should always pay.
  
  went Dutch
  were on the rocks
  playing hard to get
  
  
• 7. I've been ___ him for six months now.
  
  playing hard to get with
  going out with
  going Dutch with
  
  
• 8. Our relationship was really ___ for a while, but I think we have survived it.
  
  on the rocks
  made up
  a match made in heaven