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🤖 Literally, in English

“Love is evil — you'll even fall in love with a goat.”

Любов зла — полюбиш і козла. Lyubov zla — polyubysh i kozla

🤨 What does it ACTUALLY mean? →

🇬🇧 What you'd actually say

“Love makes you fall for the strangest people.”

also: “Love is blind.” · “There's no accounting for who you fall for.”

📖 Meaning
You cannot choose who you fall in love with, even if they are a bad choice.
💡 Why it's funny
'Love is blind' is poetic. 'You'll even fall in love with a goat' is a specific accusation about a specific person, delivered with a shrug.
🧭 Closest English idiom
“Love is blind.”
📝 Explanation
Usually said jokingly about a friend's questionable partner. It rhymes in Ukrainian, which is half the reason it survives.

🧠 Learn

  • fall for someone (phrase) — to start loving someone — закохатися “She fell for him in a week.”
  • see something in someone (phrase) — to find someone attractive when others don't — знайти щось у комусь “I don't know what she sees in him.”

🗣 In context

Не розумію, що вона в ньому знайшла. Любов зла…

I don't know what she sees in him. Love is blind.

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Questions people ask

What does “Love is evil — you'll even fall in love with a goat.” mean?

You cannot choose who you fall in love with, even if they are a bad choice.

How do you say «Любов зла — полюбиш і козла.» in English?

Naturally: “Love makes you fall for the strangest people.”. The closest English idiom is “Love is blind.”.

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