englanti |
häämatka
kuherruskuukausi
mennä häämatkalle
The period of time immediately following a marriage.
1908, w:Lucy Maud Montgomery|Lucy Maud Montgomery, s:Anne of Green Gables/Chapter XXI|Anne of Green Gables, Chapter XXII: A New Departure in Flavorings,
- The new minister and his wife were a young, pleasant-faced couple, still on their honeymoon, and full of all good and beautiful enthusiasms for their chosen lifework.
A trip taken by a newly marry married couple during this period.
1923, w:Robert E. Howard|Robert Ervin Howard, s:Unhand Me, Villain|Unhand Me, Villain: A Romance,
- I will say, 'Sir, I am going to marry your daughter. Be silent, sir! I have decided to do this and I will not be balked by a gouty old father-in-law. I want you to understand that from now on I am the master of this house. You may write out a check for ten thousand dollars for our honeymoon.'
A period of unusually mild feelings, especially immediately following the start of a new term or relationship (e.g. a newly elected politician or a new business arrangement).
-
Now that the honeymoon is over, it’s time for us to get down to the business at hand.
-
The honeymoon period came to a swift end when the legislation was introduced.
1919, w:John Reed (journalist)|John Reed, s:Ten Days That Shook the World|Ten Days That Shook the World,
- But the “honeymoon” was short. The propertied classes wanted merely a political revolution, which would take the power from the Tsar and give it to them. They wanted Russia to be a constitutional Republic, like France or the United States; or a constitutional Monarchy, like England. On the other hand, the masses of the people wanted real industrial and agrarian democracy.
1977 January 12, w:Gerald Ford|Gerald Ford, s:Fords farewell address|Ford's farewell address'',
- It was here, surrounded by such friends, that the distinguished Chief Justice swore me in as Vice President on December 6, 1973. It was here I returned 8 months later as your President to ask not for a honeymoon, but for a good marriage.
To have a honeymoon (a trip taken by a couple after wedding).
-
My parents honeymooned at Niagara falls.
1916, w:Jack London|Jack London, s:The Little Lady of the Big House/Chapter XVIII|The Little Lady of the Big House, Chapter XVIII,
- No sooner were they married than Dick fitted out his schooner, the All Away, and away the blessed pair of them went, honeymooning from Bordeaux to Hongkong.
|