Idiom
old flame
Meaning
A previous boyfriend or girlfriend; a former romantic or sexual partner, especially one for whom one still has romantic feelings.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She ran into an old flame at the grocery store.”
“He felt nervous when he realized his old flame was invited to the same wedding.”
“Despite the passage of many years, the unexpected encounter with an old flame stirred long-buried emotions within him.”
Examples
simple
“She ran into an old flame at the grocery store.”
contextual
“He felt nervous when he realized his old flame was invited to the same wedding.”
complex
“Despite the passage of many years, the unexpected encounter with an old flame stirred long-buried emotions within him.”
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