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love bird (n.)
[love bird 词源字典]
1590s, small species of West African parrot, noted for the remarkable attention mating pairs pay to one another; figurative sense of "a lover" is attested from 1911.
Hold hands, you lovebirds. [Emil Sitka]
[love bird etymology, love bird origin, 英语词源]