no love lost

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—used to say that people dislike each other

They were polite with each other, but it was clear that there was no love lost between them.

Examples of no love lost in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

When Aaron Rodgers took the field at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, there was no love lost, at least from the fans who booed him. —Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025

Ever since, there’s been no love lost. —Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2025

Meanwhile, there’s no love lost between Altman and the Anthropic cofounders, who defected from OpenAI in 2021 in part because of concerns about Altman’s leadership and commitment to AI safety. —Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025

These two go way back – Tamra joined the show for its third season, Gretchen for its fourth – and a dozen years after Gretchen left the cast there’s no love lost between the two, as is clear when Heather Dubrow brings up Gretchen during a champagne-and-onion-rings party on Tamra’s bed. —Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 18 July 2025

Rhymes for no love lost

• accost
• crisscrossed
• defrost
• embossed
• exhaust
• recrossed
• uncrossed
• bossed
• cost
• crossed
• dost
• glossed