honeymoon:
1. Initially, in the 16 th century, the first month of a couples marriage . Francis Grose ( honey moon ) in his Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811): ' The first month after marriage .'2. A period of blissful harmony at the beginning of a relationship or following a marriage .
3. Or: honeymoon trip , the holiday taken together by a newly married couple .
QUOTES:
(1) Lena O'connor (Thelma Ritter) to Samantha 'Sam' Blake (Joanne Woodward) in A New Kind of Love (1963): ' One thing a fellah doesn't want from a girl is surprises. Forty percent of all divorce cases start on honeymoon night .'
(2) Allan Felix (Woody Allen) in Play It Again, Sam (1972): ' We went to Mexico for our honeymoon. I spent the entire two weeks in bed ... I had dysentery .'
(3) Dan Turner (Dom De Luise) speaking of Marlo (Mae West) in Sextette (1978): ' Marlo loves short marriages and very long honeymoons .'
(4) Corey (Jane Fonda) and Paul (Robert Redford) at the Plaza Hotel in Barefoot in the Park (1967):
-- Corey: ' Paul, if the honeymoon doesn't work out let's not get divorced, let's kill each other .'
-- Paul: ' Let's have the maid do-it . I hear the service here is wonderful .'
(5) Tillie Schlaine (Carol Burnett) to Pete Seltzer (Walter Matthau) after about six months of dating in Pete 'n' Tillie (1972): ' Honeymoon's over. Time to get married .'
(6) Caroline (Andie MacDowell) and Charles (Hugh Grant) in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1993):-- Carrie: ' Why do you think it's called honeymoon? '-- Charles: ' Hmmm, I don't know . I-suppose it's honey because it's sweet as honey and moon because it's the first time a husband got to see his wife's bottom .'
See Also: angelcakes, honeymoon, honeymoon bladder, honeymoon cystitis, moneymoon, mooky
Quotes Containing honeymoon:
Lena O''connor (Thelma Ritter) to Samantha Blake (Joanne Woodward) in A New Kind of Love (1963): ''One thing a fellah doesn''t want from a girl is surprises. Forty percent of all divorce cases start on honeymoon night.''
Lena (Thelma Ritter) to Sam/Samantha (Joanne Woodward) in A New Kind of Love (1963): ''One thing a fellah doesn''t want from a girl is surprises. Forty percent of all divorce cases start on honeymoon night.''
Lena (Thelma Ritter) to Samantha (Joanne Woodward) in A New Kind of Love (1963): ''One thing a fellah doesn''t want from a girl is surprises. 40% of all divorce cases start on honeymoon night.''
Lena (Thelma Ritter) to Samantha (Joanne Woodward) in A New Kind of Love (1963): ''One thing a fellah doesn''t want from a girl is surprises. 40% of all divorce cases start on honeymoon night.''
Caroline (Andie MacDowell) and Charles (Hugh Grant) in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1993): - Carrie: ''Why do you think it''s called honeymoon?'' - Charles: ''Hmmm, I don''t know . I-suppose it''s honey because it''s sweet as honey and moon because it''s the first time a husband got to see his wife''s bottom .''
Corey (Jane Fonda) and Paul (Robert Redford) at the Plaza Hotel in Barefoot in the Park (1967): - Corey: ''Paul, if the honeymoon doesn''t work out let''s not get divorced, let''s kill each other.'' - Paul: ''Let''s have the maid do-it . I hear the service here is wonderful.''
Tillie Schlaine (Carol Burnett) to Pete Seltzer (Walter Matthau) after about six months of dating in Pete ''n'' Tillie (1972): ''Honeymoon''s over. Time to get married .''
James (Lew Ayres) and Mary (Jeanette McDonald) in Broadway Serenade (1939): - James: ''Lambchop, do you remember that wonderful, romantic honeymoon we never had?'' - Mary: ''I remember it as though it were tomorrow.''
Lena O''connor (Thelma Ritter) to Samantha ''Sam'' Blake (Joanne Woodward) in A New Kind of Love (1963): ''One thing a fellah doesn''t want from a girl is surprises. Forty percent of all divorce cases start on honeymoon night.''
Allan Felix (Woody Allen) in Play It Again, Sam (1972): ''We went to Mexico for our honeymoon . I spent the entire two weeks in bed ... I had dysentery.''
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