This Car Accident Ended in a Wedding
tie the knot: to get married
In Miley Cyrus’s Wrecking Ball, she sings about diving headfirst into love, breaking down walls, and getting broken in return. It’s a song about the emotional damage two people can cause when they collide.
Most crashes end in disaster, but not all. One crash in China ended in marriage. A man named Li hit a woman riding an electric bike. He broke her collarbone in the accident, but when he apologized, she told him, “No worries.”
Li began visiting her daily in the hospital. They bonded quickly. Three weeks later, she confessed her love. He said no at first but later agreed to a movie, saying he “owed her that for knocking into her.”
It was a whirlwind romance. The accident happened in December, she was pregnant in September, and by February, just 14 months after the crash, they tied the knot.
Sample sentences
After living together for five years, they finally decided to tie the knot.
My brother met someone last year, and now they are getting ready to tie the knot next month.
They tied the knot in a small garden with just a few friends and family. It was simple but beautiful.
Origin
This expression comes from an old tradition. In some cultures, people tied a knot with cloth or rope during the wedding to show they were joined together. Today, “tie the knot” is a common way to say someone got married.
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