To tie the knot – To get hitched

To tie the knot = to get married

To tie the knot is an informal way of saying to get married

• Mary and John tied the knot last June.
• When are you going to tie the knot?

Image this as two ends of something (string/rope) being tied together to form one secure knot, like two people becoming one unit (a couple)… hopefully also secure and difficult to undo

To get married vs. to be married

To get married: to change from being single to married; to become married (usually involves a ceremony).
To be married: means you have already had the (wedding/marriage) ceremony and you are now husband and wife.
Marriage is the noun.

• We are married now. (We are husband and wife)
• We got married in 2002. (Our wedding was in 2002)
• We have a happy marriage.

To get Hitched

Another way to say to tie the knot is to get hitched (very informal)

• Lucy and Jacob are going to get hitched this weekend.

Have you tied the knot yet?

Tagged as: Idioms, Marriage, Vocabulary