English / proverb
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
MEANING IN ENGLISH
Being parted from someone you care for causes your feelings of love and tenderness toward them to grow stronger over time.
In context
01
Whenever my elder sister goes away for field research, absence makes the heart grow fonder between us.
02
The grueling training camp was tough, but absence makes the heart grow fonder for family back home.
Synonyms
distance sweetens affection,separation intensifies longing,distance endears
Antonyms
familiarity breeds contempt,cold indifference,out of sight out of mind
Collocations
say that absence makes,believe absence makes,clearly absence makes