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age like milk en · VERB

Etymology

Referring to milk’s tendency to go bad quickly.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:simile) To age very badly; to look bad in hindsight, or after time has passed.
    • While rewatching this movie after twenty years, I realized that it had aged like milk.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
aged like milk Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
aged like milk Tense=Past lexicographic
ages like milk Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ageing like milk Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
aging like milk Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Antonyms

age like a fine wine

Synonyms

age like vinegar

Translations (5)

fi jäädä ajan jalkoihin (pahasti) (Translations) · fr mal vieillir (Translations) · pl zestarzeć się źle (Translations) · de schlecht altern (Translations) · pl starzeć się źle (Translations)