no love lost

idiom

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.

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There's no love lost between Margaret Cho and Ellen DeGeneres. Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 23 June 2025 There appears to be no love lost between Zach Neto and Hunter Brown. Sam Blum, New York Times, 21 June 2025 There's no love lost between O'Dowd and Tesla CEO Elon Musk however. Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 14 June 2025 To say that there is no love lost between the two sides would be to underplay the depth of feeling here. Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for no love lost

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“No love lost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20love%20lost. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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