coup de foudreexpr.
[ku də fudʁ]
love at first sight (lit. a lightning strike)
In a sentence
- Ça a été le coup de foudre.It was love at first sight.
- J’ai eu un coup de foudre pour cette ville.I instantly fell in love with this city.
A « lightning strike » — love at first sight. French treats falling in love as a weather event: sudden, violent, unavoidable.
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