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This means to feel love for someone when you cannot have a relationship with them.
Old Red's been carrying a torch for your aunt for years, since before she married your uncle. Despite over 40 years of exile in America, Szebedinszky still carries a torch for his native Hungary, and strives to preserve its culture. Source: Longman Idioms Dictionary Tim
Posted on: 2007/10/25 23:03
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A torch (a piece of wood, etc., set on fire to give light) was formerly regarded as a sign of love.
Source: Longman English-Chinese Dictionary of English Idioms
Posted on: 2007/10/26 21:40
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