Meaning of carry a torch | Babel Free

Definitions

To love or to be romantically infatuated with, especially when such feelings are not reciprocated.

idiomatic

Examples

“Someday, I know that Jim will up and leave me / But even if he does you can believe me / I'll go on carryin' the torch for Jim / I'll go on lovin' my Jim”

“Brunhilde, a kind of earth-mother goddess, carries a torch for her lost love.”

“Lachey, for his part, seems to still carry a torch for his estranged wife.”

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