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with open arms en · ADP

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) With enthusiasm, as if embracing.
   • Night after lonely night, we meet in dreams / As I run to your side / You wait with open arms, open arms / That now are closed to me / Through a veil of tears / Your vision disappears / And I'm as blue as I can be 1963, Bobby Vinton, “Blue on Blue”, in Blue on Blue:
   • There once was a time / I was down on my luck and I needed a friend / and there you were with open arms / and you took me in 1977, True Example, “Love Is Finally Coming My Way”:
   • Well, I've made so many new friends / With open arms they let me in / They say they'll be with me till the end / They say they'll stick through thick and thin 2012, Saint Motel, chapter 1997, in Voyeur:

Relateds

open-armed

Synonyms

with arms wide open

Translations (15)

ru с распростёртыми объя́тиями (with enthusiasm, as if embracing) · it a braccia aperte (with enthusiasm, as if embracing) · pl z otwartym sercem (with enthusiasm, as if embracing) · de mit offenen Armen (with enthusiasm, as if embracing) · nl met open armen (with enthusiasm, as if embracing) · fr à bras ouverts (with enthusiasm, as if embracing) · pt de braços abertos (with enthusiasm, as if embracing) · fi avosylin (with enthusiasm, as if embracing) · hu tárt karokkal (with enthusiasm, as if embracing) · pl z otwartymi ramionami (with enthusiasm, as if embracing) · ro cu brațele deschise (with enthusiasm, as if embracing) · pl z otwartymi rękoma (with enthusiasm, as if embracing) · el με ανοιχτές αγκάλες (with enthusiasm, as if embracing) · es con los brazos abiertos (with enthusiasm, as if embracing) · pl z otwartymi rękami (with enthusiasm, as if embracing)