age like milk en · VERB
Etymology
Referring to milk’s tendency to go bad quickly.
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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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)