Now his teeth watered as he saw the mad-looking woman apparently gulp down that which, from the fragrance it emitted, could be nothing less than the most potent kind of the beverage he loved.
I've heard it put this way; they wear love goggles . This means that this person you are falling in love with must be Mr. or Miss. Right.
1973: chilli 'n' trepidation were playing the devil with my small intestines and my borborigmus was often louder than the engine of the Rolls — Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, p. 94)
It concerned Herod, who at firſt received his Crown from Cæſar, to further Cæſar’s tribute, not only in way of thankfulneſs, but alſo in way of policy, to prevent a poſſible depoſing or deſceptring; for it was in Cæſar’s power to take away the Crown again when pleaſed him.