He had been paying court to her for three long years before he worked up the courage to ask her to marry him.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
pay court to — To woo or flatter • • • Main Entry: ↑court * * * I pay flattering attention to someone in order to win favor II see court * * * pay court to formal + old fashioned : to give a lot of attention to (someone) in order to get approval, affection, etc … Useful english dictionary
pay court to — ► pay court to pay flattering attention to. Main Entry: ↑court … English terms dictionary
pay court to someone — literary phrase to try to make someone like you by showing them how much you admire or love them Thesaurus: to start a romantic or sexual relationshipsynonym Main entry: pay … Useful english dictionary
pay court to somebody — pay ˈcourt to sb idiom (old fashioned) to treat sb with great respect in order to gain favour with them Main entry: ↑payidiom … Useful english dictionary
pay court to — pay flattering attention to. → court … English new terms dictionary
pay court to — {v. phr.} To woo; to shower with attention. * /He had been paying court to her for three long years before he worked up the courage to ask her to marry him./ … Dictionary of American idioms
pay court to — {v. phr.} To woo; to shower with attention. * /He had been paying court to her for three long years before he worked up the courage to ask her to marry him./ … Dictionary of American idioms
pay court — discover a liking, discover fondness; romance, make a romantic approach … English contemporary dictionary
pay court to someone — literary to try to make someone like you by showing them how much you admire or love them … English dictionary
court — [n1] yard, garden of building cloister, close, compass, courtyard, curtilage, enclosure, forum, patio, piazza, plaza, quad, quadrangle, square, street; concepts 509,513 court [n2] ruler’s attendants castle, cortege, entourage, hall, lords and… … New thesaurus
