Love me, love my dog is an idiom that may be older than you think. We will examine the meaning of the idiom love me, love my dog, where it came from, and some examples of its idiomatic usage in sentences.
Love me, love my dog is an idiom that means to accept someone unconditionally. Love me, love my dog means that you must accept that person’s faults, quirks, and annoying habits in order to wholeheartedly love that person. The origin of the expression love me, love my dog is credited to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, who used the idiom in a sermon; however, Saint Bernard calls the phrase “He who loves me, also loves my dog,” a common proverb of the time. Saint Bernard, a French monk, lived and worked in the 1100s, so the idiom love me, love my dog came into use sometime before that.
Examples
It was lovely, but I’d gone on about Buddy so much Jon could be in no doubt it was a case of love me, love my dog. (The Mirror)
“Love me, love my dog, and if you don’t love my dog you damn well can’t love me,” muttered a furious Churchill in 1941, after a member of the House of Commons had raised questions about the Prof’s influence. (Scientific American Magazine)
Thành ngữ "love me, love my dog" ám chỉ chó như một hàm ý tiêu cực. Trong những ngày trước đó, việc nuôi thú cưng không phải là điều bình thường như ngày nay. Những người đã nuôi thú cưng sẽ không thích chó vì vi trùng và bệnh tật mà chúng mang theo. Chải lông và tiêm phòng cho vật nuôi là một khái niệm xa vời. Vì vậy, yêu chó không phải là phổ biến hồi đó. Đó là nơi mà thành ngữ này được sinh ra.
Ngày nay, hầu hết mọi người có lẽ thấy hầu hết các loài chó đều dễ mến hơn hầu hết con người, nhưng cụm từ này có nguồn gốc từ thời kỳ mà loài chó không được coi là đáng yêu như ngày nay. Mặc dù loài chó đã tồn tại cùng với con người hàng ngàn năm, nhưng khái niệm nuôi chó làm thú cưng vẫn còn tương đối mới mẻ, ít nhất là ở châu Âu. Rõ ràng là phải đến cuối thời Trung cổ, việc nuôi thú cưng mới trở nên phổ biến trong tầng lớp quý tộc, với một số phụ nữ quý tộc mua chó cảnh, trong khi đàn ông thích các giống chó săn.
Nguồn gốc của thành ngữ "love me, love my dog" được cho là của Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, người đã sử dụng thành ngữ này trong một bài giảng. Tuy nhiên, Saint Bernard gọi cụm từ "He who loves me, also loves my dog" một câu châm ngôn phổ biến vào thời đó. Saint Bernard là một tu sĩ người Pháp, sống và làm việc vào những năm 1100, vì vậy câu thành ngữ "love me, love my dog" đã được sử dụng từ trước đó.
'Love me, love my dog' = yêu em, yêu cả con cún của em -> nghĩa là yêu em, thì hãy yêu tất cả những gì thuộc về em (said to warn someone that if they want to be in a relationship with you, they must be willing to accept everything about you); yêu ai yêu cả đường đi.
Ví dụ
Off-Broadway Manhattan Theatre Club producer Lynne Meadow and actress Sarah Jessica Parker understood this play was a little more than “love me — love my dog.” They launched it, with great results, in May 1995. Twenty years later in 2015, Mathew Broderick (married to Parker in real life) starred in it as Greg in the Broadway revival.
A love of dogs is not particular to Chinese. In English, people use the phrase "tired like a dog" to say they are exhausted and say "love me, love my dog" when they hope their partner loves the way they are. Coincidentally, there are phrases expressing these meanings in Chinese, proving again that we are not that different.
St. Bernard of Menthon’s monks (thầy tu) kept and trained enormous dogs to care for lost and imperiled (đẩy vào tình trạng hiểm nghèo, làm cho gặp nguy hiểm) pilgrims (người hành hương) trying to get to Rome. The dogs were trained to flop down on top of the stranded pilgrim to keep them warm with their body heat. The monks even attached little kegs of brandy to the dogs' collars in the mistaken belief that liquor would warm the frozen victims. (actually, the opposite happens.) The dogs came to be called “Saint Bernards.” The saint is always depicted with one of these magnificent, vigilant (cảnh giác, thận trọng) beasts next to him. Though he didn’t coin the phrase, “Love me, love my dog,” he used it once in a homily―and probably pretty often after that―and the phrase got stuck on him.
Phạm Hạnh
Bài trước: "Let sleeping dogs lie" nghĩa là gì?
“A good dog never dies. He always stays. He walks besides you on crisp autumn days when frost is on the fields and winter's drawing near. His head is within our hand in his old way.”
to like another adult very much and be romantically and sexually attracted to them, or to have strong feelings of liking a friend or person in your family:
I love you.
Last night he told me he loved me.
I've only ever loved one man.
I'm sure he loves his kids.
Từ điển từ đồng nghĩa: các từ đồng nghĩa, trái nghĩa, và các ví dụto love someone
- loveI love you.
- adoreHe absolutely adores his wife.
- dote onShe dotes on her grandkids.
- be crazy aboutI'm just crazy about our new daughter-in-law - she's perfect for our son.
- be mad aboutUK He's absolutely mad about his new boyfriend.
- be in loveI think I'm in love with her.
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Thêm các ví dụ- You may love someone without necessarily wanting to marry them.
- He said he would always love her .
- I think Phil has to face the fact that she no longer loves him.
- She faces the dilemma of disobeying her father or losing the man she loves.
- When I tried to tell her that I loved her it just came out all wrong.
SMART Vocabulary: các từ liên quan và các cụm từLoving and in love
- absence
- absence makes the heart grow fonder idiom
- adore
- adoring
- adoringly
- adorkable
- dotty
- endearment
- ever-loving
- fall for someone
- fall in love idiom
- lurve
- madly
- moon
- moon over someone/something
- pash
- shine
- steal
- treasure
- worship
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love verb [T] (LIKE SOMETHING)
A1
to like something very much:
She loves animals.
I absolutely love chocolate.
He really loves his job.
[ + -ing verb ] I love skiing.
Love it or hate it, reality TV is here to stay.
Từ điển từ đồng nghĩa: các từ đồng nghĩa, trái nghĩa, và các ví dụto get pleasure from something
- enjoyEnjoy your meal!
- enjoy yourselfHe's enjoying himself at his job.
- likeI like hiking a lot.
- loveAfter working in the garden, I love a good soak in the tub.
- relishJonathan always relishes a challenge.
- lap upHe lapped up all the attention they gave him.
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Từ điển từ đồng nghĩa: các từ đồng nghĩa, trái nghĩa, và các ví dụto like someone or something
- likeDo you like pasta?
- loveI love seafood.
- adoreI adore a good book.
- think the world of someoneAnnabel's like a daughter to him - he thinks the world of her.
- have a soft spot for someoneI've always had a soft spot for Rebecca ever since she was tiny.
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would love
A2
used, often in requests, to say that you would very much like something:
I'd love a cup of coffee if you're making one.
[ + to infinitive ] She would dearly love to start her own business.
UK I'd love you to come to dinner next week.
US I'd love for you to come to dinner next week.
Thêm các ví dụ- We would dearly love to sell our flat and move to the country.
- The kids love feeding bread to the ducks.
- I love Fridays because I leave work early.
- I've never been keen on classical music, but I love jazz.
- I'd love to go to Australia. I only wish I could afford to.
SMART Vocabulary: các từ liên quan và các cụm từLiking
- adorkable
- affection
- appreciate
- attached
- be a glutton for something idiom
- be a hit with someone idiom
- dig
- gravitate towards/to something/someone
- grow on someone
- have a lot of time for someone idiom
- have a thing about something/someone idiom
- lick your lips idiom
- protective
- shine
- shook
- smile
- smile on something/someone
- smitten
- taste
- tight
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Wanting things
Ngữ pháp
Hate, like, love and prefer
We can use hate, like, love and prefer with an -ing form or with a to-infinitive: …Các thành ngữ
love someone to bits
love me, love my dog
love
noun
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/lʌv/love noun (LIKING SOMEONE)
B1 [ U ]
the feeling of liking another adult very much and being romantically and sexually attracted to them, or strong feelings of liking a friend or person in your family:
"I've been seeing him over a year now." "Is it love?"
Children need to be shown lots of love.
"I'm seeing Laura next week." "Oh, please give her my love" (= tell her I am thinking about her with affection).
Maggie asked me to send her love to you and the kids (= tell you that she is thinking about you with affection).
informal How's your love life (= your romantic and/or sexual relationships) these days?
Từ điển từ đồng nghĩa: các từ đồng nghĩa, trái nghĩa, và các ví dụlove
- loveI have a great love and respect for her.
- adorationShe described her complete adoration of her brother.
- romanceTheir relationship was nothing but romance and bliss.
- passionThe passion had gone out of their relationship.
- infatuationNo one expected their infatuation with each other to last.
- crushHe had a crush on his French tutor.
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B1 [ C ]
a person that you love and feel attracted to:
He was the love of my life.
She was my first love.
[ as form of address ] UK informal
used as a friendly form of address:
You look tired, love.
That'll be four pounds exactly, love.
A2 [ U ] informal(also love from); (all my love)
used before your name at the end of letters, cards, etc. to friends or family:
See you at Christmas. Love, Kate.
be in love
B1
to love someone in a romantic and sexual way:
I'm in love for the first time and it's wonderful.
They're still madly in love (with each other).
Từ điển từ đồng nghĩa: các từ đồng nghĩa, trái nghĩa, và các ví dụto love someone
- loveI love you.
- adoreHe absolutely adores his wife.
- dote onShe dotes on her grandkids.
- be crazy aboutI'm just crazy about our new daughter-in-law - she's perfect for our son.
- be mad aboutUK He's absolutely mad about his new boyfriend.
- be in loveI think I'm in love with her.
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fall in love (with someone)
B1
to start to love someone romantically and sexually:
I was 20 when I first fell in love.
Từ điển từ đồng nghĩa: các từ đồng nghĩa, trái nghĩa, và các ví dụto love someone
- loveI love you.
- adoreHe absolutely adores his wife.
- dote onShe dotes on her grandkids.
- be crazy aboutI'm just crazy about our new daughter-in-law - she's perfect for our son.
- be mad aboutUK He's absolutely mad about his new boyfriend.
- be in loveI think I'm in love with her.
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Thêm các ví dụ- Over the years, her love for him deepened.
- He wrote her a poem as an expression of his love.
- I give you this ring as a pledge of my everlasting love for you.
- Her latest novel is a searing tale of love and hate.
- She was torn between loyalty to her father and love for her husband .
SMART Vocabulary: các từ liên quan và các cụm từLoving and in love
- absence
- absence makes the heart grow fonder idiom
- adore
- adoring
- adoringly
- adorkable
- dotty
- endearment
- ever-loving
- fall for someone
- fall in love idiom
- lurve
- madly
- moon
- moon over someone/something
- pash
- shine
- steal
- treasure
- worship
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Bạn cũng có thể tìm các từ liên quan, các cụm từ và từ đồng nghĩa trong các chủ đề này:
Written greetings
love noun (LIKING SOMETHING)
B2 [ U ]
strong liking for:
I don't share my boyfriend's love of cooking.
B2 [ C ]
something that you like very much:
Music is one of her greatest loves.
Thêm các ví dụ- She never hid her love of diamonds.
- Food is my greatest love.
- Opera was my first love.
- I have a love of expensive clothes.
- His love of gambling drove us apart.
SMART Vocabulary: các từ liên quan và các cụm từLiking
- adorkable
- affection
- appreciate
- attached
- be a glutton for something idiom
- be a hit with someone idiom
- dig
- gravitate towards/to something/someone
- grow on someone
- have a lot of time for someone idiom
- have a thing about something/someone idiom
- lick your lips idiom
- protective
- shine
- shook
- smile
- smile on something/someone
- smitten
- taste
- tight
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love noun (TENNIS)
[ U ]
(in tennis) the state of having no points:
The score now stands at 40–love.
SMART Vocabulary: các từ liên quan và các cụm từTennis & racket sports
- advantage
- backhand
- ball boy
- ball girl
- baseline
- bird
- break
- code violation
- court
- double
- double fault
- groundstroke
- lob
- overhead
- serve
- squash
- sweet spot
- tramlines
- unseeded
- volley
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be no/little love lost between
for love nor money
make love
make love to someone
(Định nghĩa của love từ Từ điển & Từ đồng nghĩa Cambridge dành cho Người học Nâng cao © Cambridge University Press)love | Từ điển Anh Mỹ
love
verb
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/lʌv/love verb (LIKE SOMEONE)
[ T ]
to have a strong affection for someone, which can be combined with a strong romantic attraction:
Susan loved her brother dearly.
"I love you and want to marry you, Emily," he said.
love verb (LIKE SOMETHING)
to like something very much:
[ T ] My kids love cartoons.
[ + to infinitive ] We’d love to own our own home.
love
noun
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/lʌv/love noun (LIKING SOMEONE)
fall in love
If you fall in love you begin to love someone:
She’s fallen in love and made plans to marry.
[ U ]
You can write love/love from/all my love/lots of love before your name at the end of letters to family and friends.
in love
A person who is in love is experiencing a romantic attraction for another person:
I think he's in love with Anna.
(Định nghĩa của love từ Từ điển Học thuật Cambridge © Cambridge University Press)Các ví dụ của love
love
Love with its treasures also tends to delight others in abundance.
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The question presented is who suffers more, the one whose loved one is dead or the one whose love is unrequited.
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Although she ultimately returns his love, duty and glory take precedence.
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Here the final overcoming of obstacles and declaration of equality takes the form of a rococo interchangeability of persons in the love relationships.
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There were dual aspects to these roles therefore : regulated discipline and loving advisorship.
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If the work is successful, spiritual well-being of connection is manifest as appreciation for life, love of others, and feeling connected to deceased loved ones.
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After a long period of not seeing a partner's behaviour as loving, one may say that she no longer believes that he loves her.
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It therefore perfectly illustrates the fact that exiles love to write their own history.
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They also enhanced their beauty through facial tattooing, washing daily, plaiting and applying red ochre to their hair, wearing sweet-smelling leaves and using love medicines.
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There is some indication that her father had encouraged her to marry because he was afraid his daughter had fallen in love with learning.
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The transformation of the refrain is the vehicle through which the lover affirms the value of his love.
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Both set texts that elaborate variants of the type of mixed-gender exchange that characterised late sixteenthcentury courtly love discourse.
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Or does it adumbrate her spiritual transcendence into that universe of love, purified after emotional and physical adversity?
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She is controversial for challenging the male literary tradition and appropriating the ghazal, a lyrical poetic style used by men to express love.
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The lyrics are mildly plaintive love poems and the music does not so much excite passion as entertain soothingly.
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Các cụm từ với love
love
Các từ thường được sử dụng cùng với love.
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brotherly love
Do not be too judgmental, be compassionate and brotherly love will reign supreme.
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divine love
Having revealed divine love there is no need for him to go on revealing it.
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enduring love
I have a great and enduring love of that language and of the people.
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