Idiom: "head over heels/heals"

Priscila · #1 (permalink) Mon May 29, 2006 10:37 am *Idiom: "head over heels/heals"*

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #145 "Short Idioms Exam", question 5

He is head over ......... about his new girlfriend.

(a) heart
(b) body
(c) backwards
(d) heels

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #145 "Short Idioms Exam", answer 5

He is head over heels about his new girlfriend.

Correct answer: (d) heels
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what does head over mean?

Mister Micawber · #2 (permalink) Mon May 29, 2006 10:55 am *Idiom: "head over heels"*

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The idiom is the whole phrase, head over heals, which means 'very much' when it appears with the phrase 'in love'.
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