love is blind

English

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Proverb

love is blind

1. A person who is in love can see no faults or imperfections in the person whom they love.

Related terms

• love goggles

Translations

proverb

• Burmese: အချစ်မှာ မျက်စိမရှိ (a.hkyachma myakci.ma.hri.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愛是盲目的 / 爱是盲目的 (ài shì mángmù de)

• Danish: kærlighed gør blind
• Dutch: liefde is blind
• Esperanto: amo estas blinda
• Finnish: rakkaus on sokea
• French: l’amour est aveugle (fr)
• German: Liebe macht blind (de)
• Indonesian: cinta itu buta
• Irish: folaíonn grá gráin
• Italian: l'amore è cieco
• Japanese: あばたもえくぼ (ja) (abata mo ekubo) ((when in love) even pockmarks are dimples)
• Korean: 사랑을 하면 눈이 먼다 (sarang'eul hamyeon nuni meonda)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kjærlighet gjør blind

  Nynorsk: kjærleik gjer blind

• Polish: miłość jest ślepa (pl)
• Portuguese: o amor é cego
• Romanian: iubirea este oarbă
• Russian: любо́вь зла — полю́бишь и козла́ (ljubóvʹ zla — poljúbišʹ i kozlá) (love is evil, you'll fall even for a he-goat (i.e. bastard)), любо́вь слепа́ (ljubóvʹ slepá)
• Spanish: el amor es ciego (es)
• Tamil: காதலுக்குக் கண் இல்லை (kātalukkuk kaṇ illai)
• Thai: ความรักทำให้คนตาบอด (kwaam rák tam hâi kon dtaa bòt)
• Turkish: aşkın gözü kördür (literally “love's eye is blind”)
• Vietnamese: tình yêu là mù quáng