go head over heels

Example Sentences

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In fact, they have so much power behind that they find going downhill awkward, and sometimes, in flight down a steep place, they may actually go head over heels.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

"And expect a score or two on ye to go head over heels," murmured William Boozey; "for I'm a looking at ye."

From Captain Boldheart & the Latin-Grammar Master A Holiday Romance from the Pen of Lieut-Col. Robin Redforth, aged 9 by Pearse, S. Beatrice

Ah, I see I shall never do it, unless I go head over heels at once, as you said when you taught me to swim.

From Tom Brown's School Days by Hughes, Thomas

"How is it you didn't go head over heels?" asked the boldest of all, addressing Natasha directly.

From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

I say—if I fall I shall go head over heels down, like a ball.”

From To The West by Fenn, George Manville