In these videos, we'll teach you phrases often heard in romantic comedies

and phrases you can use in your own love lives.

We'll give you some examples and tell you the correct situations in which you can use these phrases.

So, listen carefully, have fun and let's get started!

Today's love idiom is:

I have no idea how this idiom came to be, but basically it means to get married.

So, maybe we can imagine if you have two pieces of string or rope, one is the woman and one is the man,

and then when you get married, you join together,

so you're going to tie the knot and make a strong relationship, bond together.

Okay, so tie the knot means to get married.

Let's listen to some examples.

Things seem to be going well between you and Madeline.

Yeah, things couldn't be better!

So, when are you two love birds going to tie the knot?

We've talked about it a few times, and we're just not quite ready for that kind of commitment yet.

All right, so in this case, they're not ready to tie the knot, not yet.

All right, let's listen to the second example.

Sue, is that you? I haven't seen you in ages! How are you?

Angie, long time no see! I'm great, thank you.

Are you still with Derrick?

Yes, actually we tied the knot last year and we're expecting a baby in the spring.

All right, so in this case, she talks about the past tense.

She tied the knot. She got married last year.

All right, tie the knot is a very, very common phrase to speak very casually about getting married.

Maybe you have a formal wedding, but you can still talk about tying the knot.

It's kind of a fun way.

And, in fact, the most popular wedding site for planning your wedding in America is: theknot.com,

because this is such a popular phrase, tie the knot, so they made it a website and very popular.

All right, so maybe you can check out theknot.com when you're planning to tie the knot.

We'll see you next time.