Have you ever heard this expression?
People use it to comment on someone else's relationship. When you hear someone talking about a boyfriend/girlfriend in a really happy loving excited way someone might ask you this question!
Jill: Jack's such a great guy, handsome, kind, funny. I can't wait for you to meet him!
Kris: So, do I hear wedding bells?
Jill: Well, it's only been a few months but...
"Do I hear wedding bells?" is a cute fun way to ask someone "Would you marry them?" or "Do you think you're gonna marry them?". So the verb to hear wedding bells means that you think someone will get married (usually soon).
Josephine: I hear your grandson's dating a doctor.
Francesca: Yes, I hear wedding bells in their future!
Have a nice week,
Phil
Showing posts with label wedding vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wedding vocabulary. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Wedding words...
Last week I was in Montreal to attend my sister's wedding so I decided to write a short lesson about wedding vocabulary~!
So before the wedding day arrives the groom(man getting married) traditionally has a stag party(British English) or bachelor party. This is seen as a man's last night of freedom and usually involves watching adult movies, drinking beer, going to strip clubs to see naked women, etc.
Women usually had a bridal shower which was a much cleaner party with women giving the bride(woman getting married) gifts and having fun. Recently, women are acting more like men and having bachelorette parties. Where women watch adult movies, drinking alcohol, going to strip clubs to see naked men, etc.
Before the wedding ceremony, women usually follow an old tradition to wear "something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue" which is said to bring the bride good luck.
After the wedding ceremony, there is the wedding RECEPTION which my Japanese students always call the wedding party... but in English wedding party is a combination of the words wedding and the formal word party meaning a group or people. This is like what you will hear at an expensive restaurant from the Maitre D' : "How many in your party?".
At the wedding reception, the bride throws the bouquet to all the unmarried wedding at the reception. The tradition says that the woman who catches the bouquet will be the next one who gets married. After that, the groom usually takes a garter belt from the brides leg and throws it to the waiting men.
Alright, that's it for now have a good week~!
Phil
So before the wedding day arrives the groom(man getting married) traditionally has a stag party(British English) or bachelor party. This is seen as a man's last night of freedom and usually involves watching adult movies, drinking beer, going to strip clubs to see naked women, etc.
Women usually had a bridal shower which was a much cleaner party with women giving the bride(woman getting married) gifts and having fun. Recently, women are acting more like men and having bachelorette parties. Where women watch adult movies, drinking alcohol, going to strip clubs to see naked men, etc.
Before the wedding ceremony, women usually follow an old tradition to wear "something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue" which is said to bring the bride good luck.
After the wedding ceremony, there is the wedding RECEPTION which my Japanese students always call the wedding party... but in English wedding party is a combination of the words wedding and the formal word party meaning a group or people. This is like what you will hear at an expensive restaurant from the Maitre D' : "How many in your party?".
At the wedding reception, the bride throws the bouquet to all the unmarried wedding at the reception. The tradition says that the woman who catches the bouquet will be the next one who gets married. After that, the groom usually takes a garter belt from the brides leg and throws it to the waiting men.
Alright, that's it for now have a good week~!
Phil
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