惚ほれた腫はれた

expression

head over heels; madly in love

Fixed expression often used mockingly or teasingly about someone being overly love-struck. The phrase pairs two verbs meaning 'to fall in love' and 'to be inflamed with passion', emphasizing a state of romantic infatuation.

• あの二人ふたり、惚ほれた腫はれたで仕し事ごとが手てにつかないみたいだよ。

  Those two seem so head over heels that they can't focus on work.

• 惚ほれた腫はれたは若わかいうちだけだと思おもってたけど、違ちがうみたいね。

  I thought being madly in love was only for the young, but apparently not.